[close] When I was five years old my kindergarten teacher asked the class to write a poem about our favorite color. I looked up from my paper into the blue eyes of my first crush and wrote my first poem.

At ten years old I decided it was time to write a book of poetry. I wrote my poems in black marker, made copies, stapled the pages together and passed them out to whoever would take one.

Almost two years ago I self-published my book of poetry with the Canadian company Trafford Publishing. This method allowed me to be unconventional and uncompromising in presenting my work.

My accomplishments include a B.A. in Rhetoric/Communications from University of California, Davis and an M.A. in Education from San Francisco State.

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