Image by Kat Simecek of Salt & Stone Adventure Photography

About Me:

  • proud Iowa City resident since 2012

  • taught at the University of Iowa from 2012-2018

  • taught at Tsinghua International School in Beijing from 2018-2020 (you can read about my final days abroad at the onset of the pandemic here)

  • holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Montana (‘24)