I am a multi-disciplinary scholar, writer, and karaoke enthusiast. I hold a PhD in Sociocultural and Linguistic Anthropology from UC Berkeley, and my academic writing bridges anthropology and poetics. In my pre-PhD life I was immersed in the editing/publishing world, first as an intern in a literary agency and in the editorial division of an LGBTQ+ rights organization, then as a magazine editor and children’s textbook writer.

I am a queer white settler from the U.S. and am privileged to live and work in Tkaronto, where “there are trees standing in the water” (I share this translation from Kanien’kéha with gratitude to the unnamed author of this powerful statement). This land is the traditional territory of many peoples, including the Seneca, the Petun, the Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishnaabeg, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. It is currently home to many First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples. I am indebted to all these peoples who have stewarded this land carefully and respectfully, and I commit to working towards right relations with this land and all beings who share it.