BIO

As a little girl who loved reading and writing, the first thing I wanted to be when I grew up was a writer. By the time I graduated from high school, I had discovered history and politics, and at that time decided I wanted to become a civil rights lawyer and US senator. As my life path has evolved over the decades, I've always retained a pull towards writing, a fascination with the collective human experience, and a humanitarian yearning to make a difference.

A millennial born in Los Angeles, from ages 4-18 I was raised mostly in northern Idaho. This social and political environment taught me a lot about all the things I didn't want to grow up to be. My time in Idaho set me on a path of questioning established dogma and embracing the status of outsider if it meant I was committed first and foremost to my inner authenticity and the ethics of liberation.

After being accepted to Mount Holyoke College as a first-generation college student, I blossomed in western Massachusetts and soaked up all the Pioneer Valley had to offer. I joined multiple campus organizations and engaged in activism ranging from anti-war protests during the Bush administration to pro-immigration rallies and numerous feminist and LGBTQ+ causes.

Over the next decade-plus, I zig-zagged between my birth state of California and my adopted home of New England, completing graduate school in gender studies and pursuing countless dreams and adventures. As my understanding of my own positionality and the US empire's role in the world grew, I've continued to engage in activism for queer and trans rights, Black liberation, Palestinian liberation, workers' rights, liberty and safety for immigrants and refugees, and more.

These days I'm deeply honored to call myself a resident of Salem, MA, its own dream a decade in the making. My favorite things are the sea, travel (especially to the lands of my ancestors), dogs, history, democratic socialism, and fellow witchy queers.