is a third-grade dropout who didn’t get a GED but did snag an MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts. She’s published short stories in Hobart Pulp, the Brooklyn Review, Diagram, Boston Review, Epoch, and Prairie Schooner, which made the Notable Literary Nonfiction list of 2024 in The Best American Essays. She’s received support to attend Tin House, Bread Loaf, Kenyon Review, and the Fine Arts Work Center. She’s a 2026–2027 Steinbeck Fellow completing her debut book in Oakland, CA, alongside her bunny, Stormy, who belongs to a banana mafia.
