Using storytelling as a vessel, I write to challenge ableist and classist systems and stereotypes.

As a  writer, I believe art and creativity belong to the working class and I have used media outlets as a distribution network for broader dissemination of documenting the artistic communities I’ve been part of, illuminating the gaps left by dominant narratives.

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I am a worker writer, and my job is clarity.

As a deaf creative with limited access to the hearing world, I find a portal to the mysteries of my mind in the quiet of the page. My writing style is experiential and vivid, probing complex sensory realms. As a writer with non-apparent disabilities, I navigate a world not designed for neurodivergence and cultivate grit, grace, and humility in my work.

Writing includes CBC, This Magazine, the Tyee and the best-selling Calgary Book of Everything. I am currently an MFA student at University of King’s College in Halifax, class of 2027. I am a grateful recipient of a BC Arts Council scholarship as I embark on research for my creative non-fiction book, tentatively titled, Life Misdiagnosed.

In addition to my writing work, I directed the Spiral, about a young woman’s mental health crisis, crafted audio stories for programsound, and co-hosted a popular mental health podcast, Holy Sh*t I have ADHD. During my Calgary days (2010, what?), I photographed Lilith Fair for SPIN.com and hosted popular punk rock literary events.

I believe the future is unwritten (thanks, Joe Strummer).