Education

2008 – Present English & Creative Writing, University of Alabama at Birmingham
2000 – 2003 English (Concentration Creative Writing), University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL
1996 – 2000 Adv. Academic Diploma, E.B. Erwin High School, Birmingham, AL
Experience
2009 Graphic Design, Bookseller, Alabama Booksmith, Birmingham, AL
2006 – 2008, Nature teacher (Creative Writing, Poetry, Painting, Yoga classes, etc.), Nature's Classroom Inc.: Colebrook, CT, Ocean Park, ME, and Yarmouthport, MA
2005 – 2006, (until 2008 upon request) Editorial Intern, Web Intern and Archiving, Advertising Intern, The Alabama Baptist Newspaper, Birmingham, AL
2000, Contributer, Alabamian, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL
1998-2000, Creative Writing Editor, Crimson and Blue, E.B. Erwin High School, Birmingham, AL
Publications
2009, Vermont – Simply Amazing, Blog,
www.victoryparade.blogspot.com
2008 – Present , Beautiful Inversion,
www.beautifulinversion.blogspot.com
2009, “Sax,” Lamplighter Review, Issue 1, Winter/Spring, Overton, TX
2008 September , “An Exciting Time To Be a Woman,” The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AL
2008 , “Love Accordingly,”
www.sloppynoodle.com, Online Magazine
2006 May/June, “Healing Self-Inflicted Wounds,” Answer Magazine (English/Spanish pub.) Birmingham, AL
2006 April, “Alabama Students Still Impacted By Teen's Death,” The Alabama Baptist Newspaper, Birmingham, AL
2006 March, ?gTeens?f Secret Cutting Getting More Scrutiny by Professionals; Once Rare, Self-Mutilation Slipped into Pop Culture,?h?By Hannah Wolfson (Interviewed), The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AL
2005 June, “No Higher Calling,” The Alabama Baptist Newspaper, Birmingham, AL
2004, Samurai In A Tutu, poetry book
2000 October , “Today Is The Day To Be Yourself,” The Alabamian, Montevallo, AL
1998, “Generation X,” Essential Connection, Nashville, TN
1997, “Nothing Can Take God From Our Hearts,” The Birmingham News, Birmingham, AL
Honors/Awards
2009 Poetry Contest Winner, Lamplighter Review, Issue 1, Winter/Spring, Overton, TX
2003 Appointed Editor, The Tower, University of Montevallo, Birmingham, AL
2003 – Present , Sigma Tau Delta Honor Society, University of Montevallo (Vice-President), UAB
2002 – 2003 , Chaplain, Student Government Association, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL
2000 – 2002 , Valedictorian Scholarship, Judy Norton Scholarship, Linley Heflin Scholarship
Residencies/Workshops
2010 Marge Piercy's Intensive Poetry Workshop, Wellfleet, MA
2009 Writing Resident, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2009, Summer Writing Group, The Kennedy's, Birmingham, AL
Readings
2009 September, Lowell Lecture Hall, Vermont Studio Center
2009 April, Poetry Reading/Contest, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
2008 April, June, O'Shea's Olde Inne, West Dennis, MA
Speaking
2009 Bessemer Academy, 7 – 12th grade Assembly, Bessemer, AL
2006 Raimund Heights Baptist Church, Youth Group, Bessemer, AL
2005 New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Satellite, Pastoral Counseling Class, Hoover, AL
2002 – 2003 Healing Through Creativity Class, Montclair Recovery Center, Birmingham, AL