Poet
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Publications & Prizes
Academy of American Poets (University Award) as a freshman and as a graduate student, Curtis Zahn Poetry Prize (Pacificus Foundation), Outstanding Teacher of the Year in Creative Writing (2008) from UCLA Extension Writers' Program