I used to love the winter, and hate school. Funny what a few years can change!
When I was in 6th grade I had a very supportive English teacher who encouraged me to submit a bad poem to the Anthology for Young American Writers and to my surprise & delight, I was published for the first time in 2002. I went from wanting to be an astronaut, to being a short story writer, to poet, to teacher, to beatnik, to poet, to teacher, to poet, barista, back to poet, and finally, teacher of writing who also writes.
www.detroitk12.org/CMANow, as a poet and writing teacher, I'm actively performing and publishing original poetry, and teaching creative writing for youth organizations around Metro Detroit. I currently am the Writer-in-Residence at Communication & Media Arts High School with InsideOut, teaching poetry and developing a manuscript for an anthology of work written by 9th - 12th graders.
When I was in 6th grade I had a very supportive English teacher who encouraged me to submit a bad poem to the Anthology for Young American Writers and to my surprise & delight, I was published for the first time in 2002. I went from wanting to be an astronaut, to being a short story writer, to poet, to teacher, to beatnik, to poet, to teacher, to poet, barista, back to poet, and finally, teacher of writing who also writes.
www.detroitk12.org/CMANow, as a poet and writing teacher, I'm actively performing and publishing original poetry, and teaching creative writing for youth organizations around Metro Detroit. I currently am the Writer-in-Residence at Communication & Media Arts High School with InsideOut, teaching poetry and developing a manuscript for an anthology of work written by 9th - 12th graders.
