ISSUED: stories of service, August 2022-present
Founding editor of ISSUED, a literary journal featuring the stories of active-duty, veterans, and military affiliated persons; co-edited by student interns and veterans and sponsored by the Office of Veteran & Military Academic Engagement (OVMAE) at ASU.

Verse for Vets, April 2022-present
Founder and facilitator of the poetic medicine workshop and companion reading/performance series for veterans and military affiliated peoples sponsored by OVMAE at ASU.

Revisionary Arts, July 2020-present
Founder of the nonprofit that facilitates population-specific poetic medicine workshops that employ poetry as a portal to discussion, reflection, introspection, and the re-framing of narratives.

Grey Matter, May 2020-present
Faculty editor of the medical poetry journal at the University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix.

The Revolution (Relaunch), June 2019-present
Founding editor of the creative resurgence of the women’s rights newspaper founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in 1868. Publishes socially conscious and relevant poetry and prose, profiles and interviews, short essays and book reviews, photographs, and excerpts from the original suffrage publication.

rinky dink press, November 2015-present
Founding editor of the DIY micro-poetry press that’s published over 100 single-author micro-collections to date.

Write On, Downtown: A Journal of Phoenix Creativity, January 2007-May 2022
Co-founder and editor of the community-focused creative writing journal and co-edited by student interns on ASU’s Downtown Phoenix campus.

Public Poetry Projects (2010-2020)

Poetry Illuminated, summer 2020-April 2021
Curator of the glow-in-the-dark public art project sponsored the city of Goodyear, AZ.

AZ Poets Speak, April 2020-present
Curator and host of the monthly program sponsored by Arizona Humanities.

Out of the Ashes, summer-fall 2019
Authored the poem/lyrics “Out of the Ashes” for the Phoenix Chorale, which was their debut song about Phoenix.

The 7th Ave. Streetscapes, Fall 2017-April 2018
Judge and curator of the 6 “streetscape” public art poems sponsored by the City of Phoenix’s Office of Arts and Culture ; awarded a 2019 Crescordia Award (Public Art category).

The Poetry Spot, March 2018-August 2019
Co-curator of the weekly poetry “column” in the Arizona Republic and azcentral.com.

First Friday Poetry on Roosevelt Row, February 2018-October 2019
Founder and host of the multi-modal poetry showcase during the monthly First Friday art walk in the heart of the historic Roosevelt Row art district.

New Phx Voices: Teen Poetry Workshop and Open Mic, June 2017-May 2018
Founder and facilitator of the monthly craft talk/workshop and open mic for teens sponsored by Burton Barr and South Mountain Libraries.

Phoenix Community Poetry Gardens, October 2017-December 2017
Founder and facilitator of the poetic mural project at Pan-American Charter School in Phoenix; recipient of a Lincoln Center Fellowship.

We Are Downtown, Jan 2014-Dec 2015
Artistic director of the 8-member team from the Watts College of Public Solutions that curated qualitative, visual, poetic, and filmic data in an effort to define Downtown Phoenix in the new millennia; recipient of an Academic Excellence in Diversity Grant

Four Chambers, August 2013-August 2018
Poetry editor for the Phoenix-based Four Chambers (FC) Journal and Four Chambers Press.

First Friday Poetry in Heritage Square, Fall 2011-Spring 2012
Organizer and host of the monthly poetry series in Phoenix’s historic Heritage Square.

Phoenix Poetry Series, January 2008-April 2020
co-founder, curator, and host of the monthly poetry series that made its home in more than half-dozen coffee shops and galleries across Phoenix’s historic districts over its 12-year tenure.