I grew up in the Philadelphia area with my nose in a book. When it was time to choose a career, I stayed true to my first love—books—and became a teacher of Spanish language and literature. A member of the original Bold Writers group of Reading, Pennsylvania, I’ve been a featured author at readings and workshops in Berks County. My short stories have appeared in print and online literary journals; I was a semifinalist for The Tishman Review’s 2019 Tillie Olsen Short Story Award and the recipient of an honorable mention for Kallisto Gaia Press’s 2022 Chester B. Himes Short Fiction Prize. When I’m not reading or writing, you’ll find me in the kitchen working my way through a so-tall-it-wobbles stack of cookbooks or in the garden hollering at marauding squirrels.