Dirt Kicker.
Educator.
Forest Dweller.
Storyteller.
I am a mother to one perfect cat, two spoiled yet emotionally bereft dogs, and a courageous human child who is the recipient of my life long love letter. I am fortunate enough to create a home with my love, painter Gage Opdenbrouw. We live deep within fire country, among the tallest trees in the world, close enough to the ocean that we can taste salt in the fog. I have a background in union organizing, abortion and birth work, & I am a certified UC California Naturalist and trained raptor handler, all of which informs my writing. I am proud to say that I do not come from an academic background. My writing lineage comes from reading books, essays, manifestos and poems by writers I deeply admire (and yes, those I do not), as well as folklore, art, film, photography and music. I am eternally grateful to everyone who has supported me working towards publication; it is scary and uphill and the bouts of joy are deceiving, but I could not be more thrilled to grind into the work. It is work that is done in solitude and yet I am not alone. Thank you.
I write place based story, and yet, the land that I am on, it is not my own. If you are not Native to this land but reside here, please join me in paying your annual Land Tax to the Sogorea Te' Land Trust, an urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people. You can learn more about this critical movement here.
Educator.
Forest Dweller.
Storyteller.
I am a mother to one perfect cat, two spoiled yet emotionally bereft dogs, and a courageous human child who is the recipient of my life long love letter. I am fortunate enough to create a home with my love, painter Gage Opdenbrouw. We live deep within fire country, among the tallest trees in the world, close enough to the ocean that we can taste salt in the fog. I have a background in union organizing, abortion and birth work, & I am a certified UC California Naturalist and trained raptor handler, all of which informs my writing. I am proud to say that I do not come from an academic background. My writing lineage comes from reading books, essays, manifestos and poems by writers I deeply admire (and yes, those I do not), as well as folklore, art, film, photography and music. I am eternally grateful to everyone who has supported me working towards publication; it is scary and uphill and the bouts of joy are deceiving, but I could not be more thrilled to grind into the work. It is work that is done in solitude and yet I am not alone. Thank you.
I write place based story, and yet, the land that I am on, it is not my own. If you are not Native to this land but reside here, please join me in paying your annual Land Tax to the Sogorea Te' Land Trust, an urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people. You can learn more about this critical movement here.