Poet, Creative Nonfiction Writer
Publications & Prizes
Creative Nonfiction
Poetry
Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for poetry, CantoMundo, Fulbright, California Arts Council, Barbara Deming Foundation "Money for Women," Foundation for Contemporary Arts NYC "Covid Emergency grant," Fundação Luso-Americana, and a Forby Fellowship at the Special Collections Library at Texas Tech University.
Additional awards include SOPA (Portuguese American Heritage), Congressional Recognition award for literature, 2018, Creative Capacity Quick Grant in 2013, Center for Cultural Innovation grants, 2014, 2012, Injuring Eternity received an Honorable Mention at the Latino Book Awards in 2012 and Quarantine Highway in 2023.