Hello! I'm a Chicago-based freelance writer and filmmaker, and all around nice person --- most of the time.

My work has appeared in:

• Chicago Horror Film Festival 
• Los Angeles International Film Festival 
• Louisiana Film Prize Festival
• Hollyshorts Monthly Screenings
• Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival
• Chicago Parent Magazine
• The Ann Arbor Film Festival
• The Chicago Underground Film Festival
• Gapers Block
• Sync Up Conference
• Oyez Review
• Athens Ohio Film Festival
• Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen

Awards and Accolades:

• Nancy Norris Fellowship Recipient, 2020 Johns Hopkins University ​
• Presenter, Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association 2020 Conference for the paper:  "Making a House a Home:  Black Queer History and Erasure in House Music."
• Technically a Hugo-Award-Winning Writer, Hugo Awards, Best Related Work, 2019
• Nancy Norris Fellowship Recipient, 2019 Johns Hopkins University ​
• Winner: Best Writer, ​2016 Chicago Horror Film Festival 

Thank you for stopping by and feel free to drop me a line with any questions.