Raised in Berkeley, California, I hold degrees in Fine Art, Landscape Architecture, and Business Administration. I spent two decades managing complex places and projects—now I write speculative stories and paint abstract images inspired by these experiences.


Represented by Rayhané Sanders at Massie and McQuilkin

rayhane@mmqlit.com

CV

  • 2024 American Short Fiction MFA for All with Lauren Groff, Carmen Maria Machado, Luis Alberto Urrea

    2023 Tin House Winter Workshop with Jeanne Thornton

    2023 Literary Arts Short Story Intensive with Margaret Malone

    2022 Corporeal Writing Workshop with Lidia Yuknavitch

    2022 Fishtrap Yearlong Writers Workshop with Sharma Shields

  • 2019 - 2021 Propeller Consulting

    2016 - 2018 PeopleFirm

    2017 Master of Business Administration, Portland State University

  • 2014 - 2015 Mayer / Reed

    2014 Pistils Landscape Design + Build

    2012 - 2013 Walker / Macy

    2012 Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon

    2012 Dean’s Graduate Fellowship, Architecture and Allied Arts

    2004 - 2009 Claudia Sims Landscape Design

  • 2004 Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art, University of California, Santa Cruz