I’m an award-winning writer, poet, and filmmaker whose work is shaped by a lifelong interest in people, ideas, ethics, and the forces that shape our lives.
My background is deliberately interdisciplinary. I hold degrees in International Affairs and Spanish, with minors in Latin American Studies and Women’s Studies (now Gender Studies), and graduated Cum Laude with additional academic honors. My professional experience has included journalism, social-service case management, research, translation and interpretation, education, and youth mentoring. I have also worked extensively in animal advocacy and cat welfare and have served in nonprofit leadership.
Across these different chapters of my life, one theme has remained constant: a desire to understand the world deeply and to be of service to others.
My academic and professional work has brought me into close contact with questions of human rights, social justice, mental health, poverty, immigration, gender, vulnerability, and inequality. My creative work has given me another way to explore those questions. I write essays, memoir, poetry, fiction, and film that examine psychology, identity, grief, ethics, compassion, healing, and the human-animal relationship.
I also draw deeply from lived experience. Trauma, mental health struggles, spiritual growth, emigration, travel, relationships, and life with companion animals have all informed the questions I ask as an artist and writer. I’m particularly interested in the intersection of lived experience and interdisciplinary research: how psychology, philosophy, ethics, and storytelling can help us better understand ourselves, one another, and our responsibilities toward other beings.
I believe art can do more than entertain. It can make people feel less alone, challenge assumptions, expand compassion, and help us imagine a more just world.
Originally from the United States and now living in Mexico, I’m continuing to build a life centered on learning, writing, filmmaking, and meaningful creative work.
