As a teaching artist I work with adults and school age youth using writing and imagination as a method to reveal, dismantle and reimagine ways of being.
My teaching revolves around challenging privilege, power, and bias in the often-oppressive situations of the creative writing classroom and the publishing industry. Specifically, my work challenges harmful and inequitable learning environments, and narratives that denigrate the literacies of historically oppressed racial, ethnic, queer and disabled groups. In one on one mentorships I center the writer’s direction—writers are the engine and I see my role as one of guidance, keeping writers curious, and helping to redirect when writers fall off course. I empower clients to hone their critical and reflective skills.
My teaching revolves around challenging privilege, power, and bias in the often-oppressive situations of the creative writing classroom and the publishing industry. Specifically, my work challenges harmful and inequitable learning environments, and narratives that denigrate the literacies of historically oppressed racial, ethnic, queer and disabled groups. In one on one mentorships I center the writer’s direction—writers are the engine and I see my role as one of guidance, keeping writers curious, and helping to redirect when writers fall off course. I empower clients to hone their critical and reflective skills.