the author

I was born in Tembagapura, Indonesia and spent my formative years in Madrid, Cairo and Phoenix.  Themes of belonging and loss and bodies have long been a part of my work.  I'm compelled to give voice to common experiences that folks typically don’t want to talk about – probably because I had ulcerative colitis and suffered a bunch of miscarriages and wondered why people are so private about these commonly stigmatized "indignities"?  Everybody poops and sooo many women experience natal loss, so I prefer to normalize talking about it instead of feeling isolated and ashamed.

I write creative non-fiction, plays and screenplays.  I'm a Moth Story Slam winner and the creator and editor of SCOOP, a literary zine featured in the Fallen Fruit show at LACMA, “Let them Eat LACMA.”  I'm a repeat performer at Mortified and have read my work at the West Hollywood Book Fair, Machine Project, RED CAT, and betalevel’s Errata Salon.  I was a founding member of c-level and wrote for the critically acclaimed TV show, THE SHIELD.   I earned a BA in Urban Studies from Vassar College and a MFA in Writing from the School of Critical Studies at Cal Arts.  I'm into pit bulls, chatty cats and Iyengar yoga.  I also love to paint and draw and collage and sometimes incorporate that work into my writing.