AWARDS AND HONORS 2021 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize for Brown Girl Chromatography (selected by Aaron Smith) 2022 Kundiman Fellow, June 2022 AWP Intro Journals Project Winner in Poetry (selected by Mary Biddinger), 2018 MAAT Scholarship from the Community of Writers, 2018 Sterling Watson MFA Fellowship from the Eckerd College Writers' Conference, 2018 Virginia Tech / Poetry Society of Virginia Prize, 1st Runner-Up (selected by Tess Taylor), 2017 Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Residency, 2017 Jan-ai Scholarship from the Stockton University Winter Getaway, 2017 Best of the Net, Nominee (from Star 82 Review), 2016 Scholarship to the Frost Place Conference on Poetry, 2016 Don Belton Scholarship from the Indiana University Writers' Conference, 2016 Work Study Scholarship from the Juniper Summer Writing Institute, 2016 Pushcart Prize, Nominee (from Star 82 Review), 2015 Virginia Tech / Poetry Society of Virginia Prize, 1st Runner-Up (selected by Allison Joseph), 2015 Best New Poets, Nominee (from Virginia Tech), 2015 Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Scholarship from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, 2015 Merit Scholarship from the New York State Summer Writers Institute, 2015 Grin City Collective Emerging Artist Residency, 2015 Finalist for the North Carolina State Poetry Contest, 2015 Carolina Research Scholar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015 Phi Beta Kappa, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2014 Class of 1938 Travel Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2014 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2014 William W. and Ida W. Taylor Honors Mentored Research Fellowship, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2014 First Place in the A.R. Ammons Poetry Contest, 2014
READINGS, PANELS, AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS "MFA vs. POC: A Discussion on Surviving and Thriving in Predominantly White Institutes" (with Elizabeth Upshur, Willy Palomo, Gionni Ponce, and Cameron Moreno), Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Tampa, FL, March 2018 "Refuge: Speaking Up for Refugees and Finding Home," Radford University, April 2017 The Inner Loop: "Off the Page and On the Mic" (with The Boiler, Sakura Review, and District Lit), Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference, Washington D.C., February 2017 Grinnell Arts Center, July 2015 Celebration of Undergraduate Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, April 2015 Atlantic Coastal Conference Meeting of the Minds, North Carolina State University, April 2015 State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium, North Carolina State University, November 2014