Up until the age of eight, she grew up in the family’s bowling alley in Dearborn, MI and she credits this experience for her love of a good dive bar, people watching, and writing poetry. She received her M.A. in Liberal Studies from the University of Michigan and in 2008 her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Chatham University. Her first collection of poetry, “Border Theory,” was published by Black Coffee Press in 2011. Her work has appeared in The New Yinzer, Silk Road, Temenos, Coe Review, Zaum Press and Confluence: The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies. Her chapbook, "Lavender and Honey," was published by Open Hearth Press (Blast Furnace Press) in 2008. She currently teaches Creative Writing at CCAC and has taught English and Creative Writing at various colleges and universities in Pennsylvania and Michigan.