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Education

8/09-Present Mills College
Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program student.		 Oakland, CA
4/05-Present Upledger Institute
CranioSacral Therapy I, II. SER I and II and CST as applied to Obstetrics.		 Varied locations
9/05-9/06 Brenneke School of Massage (Cortiva Institute)
650 hour program. Basic massage with elective
study of Visceral Manipulation, Intro to Lymph
Drainage.		 Seattle, WA
9/94-5/98 Tufts University
BA in Child Development (College of Arts and Sciences) Magna Cum Laude.		 Medford, MA

Employment

12/06-9/08 Bainbridge Chiropractic Centre
Reception/Office Clerk. Part-time office work answering phones, data entry, filing, verifying insurance,  scheduling, and billing.		 Bainbridge Island, WA
12/06-12/07 Halcyon Energy, LLC
Owned and operated massage business. Treatment massage and CST work in chiropractic setting.		 Poulsbo, WA
4/04-10/06 Independent Contractor for the small nonprofit agency Housing Resources Board editing/proofing grants. Bainbridge Island, WA
4/03-6/04 The Island School (nonprofit)
Extended Day Director.  Expanded and managed after-school program.  Developed promotional materials, hired staff and acted as on-site coordinator.  Created summer program.  		Bainbridge Island, WA
5/01-4/02 Right-of-Way (nonprofit)
Program Director.  Maintained after-school Afro-Cuban drum nonprofit program in collaboration with Executive Director. Marketing, community presentations/outreach and curriculum development. 		Port Townsend, WA
10/00-5/01 YIPPEE (WSU Extension/4-H affiliated after school program) Site Coordinator. Supervised teachers in after-school program for at-risk youth.  Fostered community partnerships. Stabilized program with staff support/funding.  Developed staff trainings. Port Hadlock/Quilcene, WA

Volunteer

10/08-Present Independent copy writing, editing, proofing and
fundraising work on project basis.  Including editing and proofing for  projects such as The Alan Watts Mountain Center.		 East Bay, CA
12/08-8/09 Small Press Distribution Books
Volunteer for special events and intern for 8 months.  Catalogue copy, processed orders, data entry, blogged, assisted at events.		 Berkeley, CA
10/06-8/08 Crab Creek Review
Hired/trained/supervised volunteer staff of 5.  Grant writing, fundraising, increased assets by 400% and improved visibility via participating in panels, generating readings, attending book fairs and growing web presence.		 Seattle, WA
1/00-4/00 Boiler Room
Created and hosted spoken word venue for youth.		 Port Townsend, WA
9/95-5/98 Center for Reading and Language Research
Intern/Research Assistant at Tufts University's NICHD funded center run by Dr. Maryanne Wolf.  Curriculum materials production.  Administered basic reading evaluations. 		Medford, MA
6/96-8/96 Children's Hospital of King's Daughters
Responsible for promoting wellness and comfort for children in distress.		 Norfolk, VA
9/94-6/94 Tufts Educational Day Care Center
Mentor for one year.		 Somerville, MA

Publication Acknowledgements/Credits

Summer 2009 Slant to publish "It was a lesson on dissection", "We Leave the Beaches for the Tourists, Mostly" and "Remembering Equestrian Manor over a Cup of Coffee". Online
Spring 2009 Origami Condom published "On Reading National Geographic Before Bedtime", "The Virgin Births" and "Every day is a woman" Online
Spring 2009 Bellingham Review to publish "Somewhere the smell of flowering red" Bellingham, WA
Spring 2009 Siren: A Journal of Literature and Art
"To Church, To Market", "Attention darling I am not blaming you for the purchase of one narcoleptic fish", "Letter to a Lover Whose Name Spells Dark Bird" and "And what if everything" to be published in Issue Six.		 Online
Winter 08/09 Toasted Cheese
"When A Porn Star Steals A Poet's Name"		 Online
Winter 08/09 Other Voices Poetry
"There is value in a demitasse", "We Are Doing Rounds", "After the tsunami, we searched", "At the Farmstead Cheeses and Wines, I Go with my First Impression (Noord Hollander)", "Song of a replacement you take you and sub another" and "You ask for your body"		 Online
Fall 2008 In The Mist
"Below Earth's Slender Margin, Sea Caves"
published.		 Gunnison, CO
Fall 2008 The Pedestal Magazine
"It wasn't like we were eating the squirrels" published.		 Charlotte, NC
Fall 2008 Santa Fe Writers Project
"Being the Millers" published.		 Santa Fe, NM
Fall 2008 Indiana Review
"And when she fell, it was stargazer" to be published in Summer 2009 issue.		 Bloomington, IN
Summer 2008 Black Lawrence Press
The Cardiologist's Daughter mss  named semifinalist in 2008 Black River Chapbook competition.		 NY, NY
Spring 2008 Georgetown Review
"The Acupuncturist Warns the Cardiologist's Daughter" to be published in 2010 issue.		 Georgetown, KY
Spring 2008 Black Lawrence Press
Full-length poetry mss Flowers (demented) Dreams named semifinalist in Hudson Prize.		 NY, NY
Spring 2008 Main Street Rag
Going Amtrak essay published in Summer issue.		 Charlotte, NC
Winter 07/08 Black Lawrence Press
Bone Ladders mss named semifinalist in 2007 Black River Chapbook competition.		 NY, NY
Fall 2007 Lifelines (Dartmouth Medical School literary
journal)
"The Cardiologist's Daughter Contemplates A Heart" and "The Cardiologist Speaks"		 Hanover, NH
Summer 2007 Pontoon (Anthology for Washington St. Writers)
"An Exploration After 6,000mg of Amoxicillin" and
"The Cardiologist Speaks" published.		 Seattle, WA
Summer 2007 Rain Dog
"Pretending a Secret Admirer" published.		 Manchester, U.K.
Spring 2007 Barn Owl Review
"Revealing The Inner Barnyard" published in Winter issue.		 Akron, OH
Spring 2007 Siren Lit
"Because nature abhors a vacuum", "Reading My Mother's Words On The Path To My Cabin" and "To Draw, To Smoke" published.		 Online
Spring 2007 Rattle
"It is fair to say there are some lovers who never leave" published in Summer 2007 issue.		 Studio City, CA
Spring 2007 Vox Populi
"In America, Auntie remembers Janneke" published in 2007 Seattle Poetry Festival anthology.		 Seattle, WA
Winter 06/07 Pebble Lake Review
“Harlot” published in December/January issue.		 Houston, TX
Summer 2006 Poetry Southeast
“It was Virginia, home to Smithfield” published in Fall 2006 issue.		 New Orleans, LA
Spring 2006 Silk Road
“Kneeling To Ganges” published in Spring/Summer 2006 issue.		 Forest Grove, OR
Spring 2006 Seattle Woman Magazine
“If this morning finds you showering in a rental by the sea” published in April 2006.		 Seattle, WA
Winter 05/06 The Sierra Nevada College Review
“Cranberry sauce provides an improper dressing for the modern turkey” published in May/June 2006.		 Incline Village, NV
Winter 05/06 Verse
“In the end, it is always the books” to be published Winter 06/07. 		Richmond, VA
Fall 2005 Willard and Maple
“When you reach the isle” published in Spring 2006 issue.		 Burlington, VT
Summer 2005 The Diagram
“When her son in Saskatchewan wins an award for his electrical work, Louisa arrives as a present,” “As in Dutch, As in You” and “How We Sketch The Departed” published.		 MI
Spring 2005 Water Line Press anthology The Human Growth Experiment
“Off-Course Pelican,” “Because I am new to fire, the external kind,” “Now,” “Filling Up at Four Corners,” and “Newborn and They Plant White Oak” anthologized.		 BI, WA
Winter 04/05 Diner; Poetry Oasis Inc.
“Please do not bring me” and “As if the first line might be” published. 		Worcester, MA
Winter 04/05 One of four finalists in Kundiman chapbook mss. contest for emerging Asian-American poets. New York, NY
Fall 2004 Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review
“Sometimes it is just about the angle” published.		  San Francisco, CA
Fall 2004 Cranky Literary Journal
“My Painter Friend Tells Me: Your Lady is now in parts unknown” published.		 Seattle, WA
Spring 2004 The Raven Chronicles
“Perhaps they were bored, the Gods” published in “Humor, Wit, and Whimsy” issue in 2007.		 Seattle, WA
 

Poetry Book Reviews

Spring 2009 Rattle online
Christopher Buckley's Modern History: Prose Poems 1987-2007.		 Studio City, CA
Summer 2008 Rattle online
Janet Norman Knox's Eastlake Cleaners: When Quality and Price Count [a romance] published.		 Studio City, CA
Summer 2007 Rattle online
Lana Hechtman Ayers Dance from Inside My Bones published.		 Studio City, CA
Spring 2007 Rattle online
Yermiyahu Ahron Taub's The Insatiable Psalm
published.		 Studio City, CA
Winter 06/07 Rattle online
Ashley Capps, Mistaking The Sea For Green Fields published.		 Studio City, CA
Winter 06/07 Rattle online
Jenifer Browne Lawrence’s book One Hundred Steps From Shore published.		 Studio City, CA
Fall 2006 Poetry Southeast
Alison Pelegrin’s chapbook Squeezers to be published.		 New Orleans, LA
Spring 2006 Rattle
Jeannine Hall Gailey’s Becoming The Villainess published in Winter 2006 (print version).		 Studio City, CA

Readings

Summer 2008 Jackstraw Productions
Pontoon 10/Floating Bridge Gala reading,
Wed. June 25th at 7pm.		 Seattle, WA
Spring 2007 Poetry Festival 2007
Read with Jeannine Hall Gailey at Richard Hugo House.		 Seattle, WA
Spring 2007 Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse
One of three featured readers.		 Poulsbo, WA
Spring 2007 Parkplace Books
One of two featured readers.		 Kirkland, WA
Summer 2005 Jewel Box Theater
Water Line Press anthology release of The Human Growth Experiment.		 Poulsbo, WA
Spring 2005 City Lights Books
Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review release of Fall/Winter 2005 issue one of featured readers.		 San Francisco, CA
Winter 2005 The Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse
One of two featured readers.		 Poulsbo, WA
Fall 2004 Seattle Art Museum
Cranky Literary Journal release Issue 3 with featured poet, Ilya Kaminsky.		 Seattle, WA
Summer 2003 Jewel Box Theater
One of three featured readers.		 Poulsbo, WA
Fall 2002 The Oracle (non-profit arts center)
Chapbook release of Homing.		 Port Townsend, WA
Winter 2000 The Boiler Room
Spoken Word Coordinator at a safe, gathering place for teens and young adults. Developed and facilitated venue for Winter. 		Port Townsend, WA