For as long as it's worth remembering, I've been a writer working across science fiction, poetry, and whatever other form a story demands. I work in the dirt where most people would rather not step - grief, loss, death, poverty, and what survives after you find yourself on the other side, assuming you do. My debut book-length poetry collection, Black Butterflies, was released in 2025. One hundred and thirty poems tell the story of my lifetime so far, driven by an amalgamation of poetry forms down a road paved with trauma and loss towards an attempt to heal. I'll be working towards a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing, once I finish this pesky bachelor's degree. I live, as I have always lived, in the United States.