Resume
Work
Experience
Writer
In addition to authoring books, I have several online publications consisting of creative nonfiction, poetry, and travel writing.
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I am the Marketing and Educational Programming Manager for my county's tourism board and local museum, which primarily involves writing, curriculum development, and community engagement.
Editor
From books to articles to museum display panels, I have extensive developmental editing experience in children's and adult books, with both fiction and nonfiction work. ​​
Educator
Current Faculty at University of Reno, Nevada at Lake Tahoe Creating Writing MFA
Education
Vermont College of Fine Arts | MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults
Earned scholarships while attending: Application Merit, Short Story, and Personal Essay awards
Bloomsburg University| BA in Social Welfare
Phi Alpha Honor Society
Awards and Recognition
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2024 | Awarded Sponsorship to Attend | Rebecca Dykes Writers and Highlights Foundation | Writing Through Trauma to Empower​
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2024 | First Place | Hunger Mountain: The Katherine Paterson Prize | Novel Excerpt: The Girl in the Window ​
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2024 | Nominated for the Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award | The Dare Sisters​
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2024 | Nominated for the New Jersey Library Association Children's Book Award | Send a Girl!​
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2022 | Excellence in Teaching and Learning | Online Course Creation and Teaching: English Composition ​
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2020 | Bank Street College Best Books | Gloria Takes a Stand​
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2019 | Scholarship | Lehigh Valley Engaged Humanities Consortium | Master Class on Place ​
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2018 | Honorable Mention | Hunger Mountain: Katherine Patterson Prize | Novel Excerpt: The Young Travelers Club ​
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2017 | Writer in Residence | Weymouth Center for the Arts, Southern Pines, NC ​
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2017 | Scholarship to Attend Award | Highlights Foundation, Honesdale, PA |Master Class on Nonfiction ​
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2013/2014 | Academic Scholarships | Short story, Creative Nonfiction | VCFA MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults​
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2012/2010 | Writer on the Rise | Warren County, NJ ​
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2011 | Second Place | Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest | YA Novel: The Dream Recorder