Publications
“How to Be a Stepmother to Your Dead Best Friend’s Daughters,” for Out of Line - Who Defines? : Halfs, Steps, In-Laws & Belonging (forthcoming)
“Personal Items,” for Beautiful Things (Spring 2024)
“This is a Safe Space,” for PDX Parent (Spring 2024)
“Complicated Grief: A Review of A Living Remedy,” for Literary Mama (Winter 2024)
“Transcending Uncertainty,” for PDX Parent (Summer 2023)
“5 Must-Read Books for Creative Moms,” for Motherwell (Summer 2023)
“What is Plastic Advice?” for The Things We Don’t Talk About (Summer 2023)
“A Unique Family Meet-Up Brings Queer Parents Together,” for PDX Parent (Spring 2023)
“Human Touch,” for The Maul (Summer 2022)
“Like Us,” for Flash Fiction Magazine (Spring 2022)
“Setting Intentions for the New Year,” for Psychology Today (Winter 2021)
“Under the Influence: A Hilarious Look into the World of Mom Influencers,” for Podcast Review (Summer 2021)
“Kids Deserve More Than ‘Back to Normal’ Post-COVID-19,” for Psychology Today (Summer 2021)
“Supporting Mental Health Means Supporting Trans Rights,” for Psychology Today (Summer 2021)
“Counseling Yourself Out of a Job,” for Psychology Today (Summer 2021)
“Who Gets Left Behind When We Practice ‘Evidence-Based’ Mental Health Care?” for Rooted in Rights (Spring 2021)
“Another Day on God’s Green Earth,” for Cobalt Review (Spring 2021)
“From Freak to Friend,” in Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul (Spring 2021)
“The Answer to Savings Kids’ Lives Is Not to Hire More School Counselors,” for Psychology Today (Spring 2021)
“Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Mothering with ADHD,” for Rooted in Rights (Winter 2020)
“PANTS is the Pandemic Podcast Queer Women Need Right Now,” for Podcast Review (Winter 2020)
“At Mike’s,” for Gertrude (Fall 2020)
“At the Corner of 24th and San Gabriel,” for South Broadway Ghost Society (Spring 2020)
“To See the Wizard,” for Cobalt Review (Spring 2020)
“And I Shall Dwell in the House of the Lord,” in More Queer Families: LGBTQ+ True Stories Anthology (Summer 2019)
Recent Projects
Writing grant applications and communications for a Black-owned unschooling community
Writing healthy relationships guides for disabled and LGBTQIA+ youth.
Creating curricular materials for middle school, high school, and college-aged youth supporting relationship violence prevention, and writing related training scripts for educators.
Developing online modules to educate teens, parents, and educators on anxiety disorders.
Reviewing and editing lesson plans and assessments for a 9th grade English I course.
Aligning learning objectives of an English IV credit recovery course and ensuring rigor across all materials.