I’m honored to be a Forman Art Works Grant recipient, which is awarded to Philadelphia artists, collectives and organizations specifically working with and alongside BIPOC communities. You can read more about the grant and all of the amazing recipients here!

https://formanartsinitiative.org/initiative/art-works-grant/

Thrilled to have my poem “The Art of Shooting in the Dark” selected by guest editor Marcelo Hernandez Castillo for the Poem-A-Day series by the Academy of American Poets. I hope you’ll take a moment to read and share. It’s available online and part of a series of basketball sonnets I’ve been working on. Read here.

I’m incredibly excited to be named a Baldwin-Emerson Fellow, selected by Jacqueline Woodson, for the “I See My Light Shining” oral history project. My project will center the stories of Latina lesbian and queer elders, documenting their lives and work. I see this project as an important contribution to the archive, which far too often leaves marginalized voices out. This project is in partnership with Baldwin for the Arts, the Emerson Collective and Columbia University’s Center for Oral History and Research.

You can read the official announcement here and learn about all of the fellows.

I had a blast guest co-hosting NPR’s Code Switch live event (a first for me!) alongside White House correspondent, Ayesha Roscoe. We talked all things humor, poetry and romance with our guests comedian, Hari Kondabolu and poet, Paul Tran. Truly, if you have moment, I hope you’ll listen to the episode because it’s hilarious and we also coined the term “diversity salt bae.” It’ll make sense if you tune in :-)

You can listen to the episode now wherever you get your podcasts or click on the link here.

In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, ELLE celebrates kick-ass Latinas who are shifting our culture while leading with hope.

You can read the full feature here: “Nine Latinx Women Changing the World”