Poet
Publications & Prizes
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: National Gold Medal, Special Achievement: Civic Expression Award, National Silver Medal (all for poetry). 7x Best of the Net Nominee. Full scholarship for the International Writing Program's Summer Institute (2019). Brooklyn Poets Fellow (Fall 2019). Open Road Scholar at the Desert Nights Writers Conference. Semifinalist for the ST Writer's Workshop. Recipient of a Critical Language Scholarship in Bangla (2021). Creative Writing Fellow with COUNTERCLOCK Arts Collective (2021). 3x Pushcart Prize Nominee. SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence Recipient (2022). Runner-up for the Arthur Flowers Fiction Prize (2022). Fulbright-Nehru Award for Creative Writing - Poetry to Kolkata, India (2024). Recipient of a Boren Fellowship for Bangla and Journalism (2024). Recipient of Critical Language Scholarship for Korean (2024). Finalist, Periplus Fellowship (2025). Semi-Finalist, Fulbright Award to South Korea for Creative Writing - Poetry (2026).