Originally from Springfield, MA, I graduated from Bennington College with a degree in Literature, but was able to study broadly within the liberal arts model, taking math, science, arts, social sciences. I was a substitute teacher for the Springfield Public Schools in MA for a year, and worked primarily with elementary and middle school aged students.

Currently, I am working toward my MFA in poetry at NYU. I just finished a teaching artist residency at PS110, where I taught 10 poetry less...