Curriculum Vitae
Specializations:
- Creative Writing
- Latinx Literature
- Flash Fiction
Research Interests:
- Fiction
- Folklore
- Latinx Literature
- Borderlands Theory
Honors and Awards:
- James C. McCreight Fellowship in Fiction, Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016-2017
- “Hour of the Lizard Man,” Pushcart nomination from Wigleaf, 2016
- Tuition Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, June 2015
- “Witch Luck.” Winner, Agnes Scott Writers Festival Contest, Judge: Chris Abani, Spring 2015
- Finalist, Olive B. O’Connor Fellowship in Creative Writing, Colgate University, 2012
- First Runner Up, Jesse H. Jones Dobie Paisano Fellowship, Texas Institute of Arts & Letters, 2012
- “Laredo.” Television Pilot. Tuition Fellowship, Squaw Valley Writers Conference, 2011
- First Runner Up, Jesse H. Jones Dobie Paisano Fellowship, Texas Institute of Arts & Letters, 2010
Publications:
Anthologies
- “The Walking Dance.” Texas CORE ELA Seventh Grade Curriculum. McGraw Hill Education. November 2018.
- “An Ugly Man.” Flash Fiction International. W.W. Norton. April 2015.
- “An Ugly Man.” Best of the Web 2009. DZANC Books, July 2009
- “Looking for Eight.” New Stories from the Southwest. Ohio University Press 2008.
Literary Journals
- “He Sings.” New Flash Fiction Review. Issue 15. December 2018.
- “A Serenade for Chago.” Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social. Summer 2016
- “Quince.” Juked. June 2015
- “Hour of the Lizard Man.” Wigleaf. Spring 2015.
- “Witch Luck.” The Stoneslide Corrective. Spring 2015
- “Tenochtitlán.” Bodega Magazine. January 2015
- “Waiting on Dolores.” Bound Off: A Literary Audio Magazine. March 2014.
- “Cucuy.” Blackbird. Fall 2009
- “Black Water.” Bordersenses. July 2009
- “An Ugly Man.” The Vestal Review. Summer 2008
- “Don’t Tell Your Mother.” Storyglossia. Vol XX Summer 2007
- “Looking for Eight.” Indiana Review. Summer 2006