Fellowships:
Grants:
Illinois Arts Council - Creative Accelerator Fund Grant, 2026
Boston Writers of Color - Literary Support Award, Fall 2024 & Spring 2025
Boston Writers of Color - Community Engagement Award, Spring 2024
Illinois Arts Council - Individual Artist Support Grant, 2024
AWARDS
Residencies:
Storyknife Writer’s Retreat, September 2024
Workshops:
Tin House Workshop, Autumn 2024, Faculty: Kimberly King Parsons
Roots. Wounds. Words. Retreat, Winter 2024, Faculty: Dawnie Walton
Tin House Workshop, Autumn 2023, Faculty: Kim Fu
Kenyon Review Writers’ Workshop, Summer 2023, Faculty: Robert Lopez
Key West Literary Seminar Writer’s Workshop, Jan 2023, Faculty: Dantiel W. Moniz
Chicago Asian Writers Workshop, Autumn 2022, Faculty: Dipika Mukherjee
American Short Fiction Workshop, Summer 2022, Faculty: Dantiel W. Moniz
AT WORK
7/26/25 - Blue Stoop x Jennifer Weiner Fellows Reading @ Head House Books, Philadelphia PA
9/19/24 - Live from Storyknife @ Storyknife Writer’s Retreat, Homer AK
4/11/24 - StoryStudio Community Reading @ The Book Cellar, Chicago IL
1/30/24 - Hayden's Ferry Review Issue 73 Launch (virtual)
1/10/24 - Roots. Wounds. Words. Retreat Reading (virtual)
11/29/23 - Kundiman Midwest 11th Hour Salon (virtual)
6/21/23 - Read Some Shit Chicago #32 @ aliveOne, Chicago IL
5/16/23 - StoryStudio Short Story Collection in a Year Student Reading (virtual)
2/18/23 - Bridge Chicago "Open Readings" Series Open Mic @ Open Books Pilsen, Chicago IL
READINGS
Thank you to the organizations and communities who continue to support my work!