Awards & Distinctions
- Selected for Best American Essays, 2019: Notable Essay ("Whale Fall" originally published by Fourth Genre)
- Nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Nonfiction for "I Was Raped/I Was Battered" (Guernica)
- Selected for "Most Transformative Essays of 2016" by the Sundress Academy for "I Was Raped/I Was Battered"
- Nominated for the Pushcart Prize in Nonfiction for "Blood and Stars" (The Colorado Review)
- Selected for Best American Essays, 2015: Notable Essay ("Touch" originally published by The Pinch)
- Nonfiction Contributor for Bread Loaf Writer's Conference: 2015
- Nominated for the AWP Intro Awards, 2015