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Education
2025 MFA Creative Writing, Poetry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (2025)
2020 MA Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
2009 BS Nutrition & Dietetics, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
Teaching certifications
2019 Mindfulness Instructor Training, Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado
2018 Prison Yoga Training, Prison Yoga Project, Boulder, Colorado
2016 Breathwork Healer Training Levels 1-4, David Elliott, Sandia Park, New Mexico
2014 Level I Certification in Contemplative Meditation & Sat Nam Rasayan, Guru Dev Singh, Perugia, Italy
2013 Advanced Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training, KRI, Austin, Texas
2011 200-hr Hatha Level I Teacher Training, Yoga Yoga, Austin, Texas
2009 200-hr Kundalini Level I Teacher Training, Yoga Yoga, Austin, Texas
Publications
Books
2020 Dear Gordon, Self-published, Edited by Katie Dyer, Boulder, Colorado
2015 40 Meditations: Stories Inspired by Yoga & Practices for Transformation, Self-published, San Marcos, Texas
2025 A New Movement, We’Moon Datebook, Wolf Creek, Oregon
2021 Say Her Name, We’Moon Datebook, Wolf Creek, Oregon
2020 Being Black, We’Moon Datebook, Wolf Creek, Oregon
2018 On Support, We’Moon Datebook, Wolf Creek, Oregon
Recordings
2014 Album The Essence, White Light Studio, Anthony Molina, Kingston, New York
2012 EP Power in Peace, Stinson Studio, Robin Bruce, Austin, Texas
2011 Album Blissful Sadhana, Robin Bruce, Austin, Texas
Performances & Exhibitions
2025 Crystal Bridges, A Trio of Songs - Performance Art, Bentonville, AR
2024 City of Springdale, Monarch Flight Festival - Visual Artist, Springdale, AR
2024 Groundwaves, Gentlemen Prefer Baddies - Writer/Performer, Springdale, AR
2024 Fayetteville Public Library, Hypeman Screenplay Reading - Writer/Producer, Fayetteville, AR
2024 Crystal Bridges, Mindfulness Workshop - Teacher, Bentonville, AR
2023 Haus of Untz, The Medium, Visual Art Exhibition - Visual Artist, Springdale, AR
2023 !Sofrito!, Visual Art Exhbition: A Word & Becoming - Visual Artist, Springdale, AR
2022 Open Mouth Poetry Reading, Survival Bouquets, Fayetteville, AR
2022 SoNA Choral and Poetry Performance, A New Movement, Fayetteville, AR
2021 Open Mouth Poetry Reading, Susannah’s Refrain, Fayetteville, AR
2021 Ozark Story Project, African Gypsy, Springdale, AR
2021 Groundwaves, Machine’s Broke, Springdale, AR
Workshops
2024 Meditation Workshop, Bee Balm, Fayetteville Arkansas
2024 Yoga Nidra 4-Week Workshop, Fayetteville Public LIbrary
2023 Breathwork for Well-Being, My-T-By-Design, Fayetteville, AR
2023 Building a Meditation Practice, My-T-By-Design, Fayetteville, AR
2022 Yoga Nidra 4-Week Workshop, Fayetteville Public Library
2022 Understanding the Self Through Meditation & Collage, University of Arkansas
2022 Poetry for Mental Health/BIPOC community focus, University of Arkansas
Lectures & Talks
2024 Presenting Poet, True Lit Festival, Fayetteville, AR
2023 Presenting Artist, Artists 360, Crystal Bridges, Bentonville, AR
2022 Visiting Writer, Book Club feat. Black Writers, Visionari Productions, University of Arkansas
2019 American Academy of Religions, National Presenter, San Diego, California
2019 American Academy of Religions, Regional Presenter, Omaha, Nebraska
Awards, Fellowships, Residencies, & Grants
2025 Winner | Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Prize
2024 Visiting Artist | Fayetteville Public Library
2024 Bridge Fellow | Gender Studies, University of Arkansas
2024 Residency Scholarship | The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow
2023 Tuition Fellowship | Benjamin Lever, University of Arkansas
2022 Poetry Residency | Open Mouth Poetry
2021 Artists 360 Practicing Artist Grant | Mid-America Arts Alliance & Walton Family Foundation
2020 Finalist for Dear Gordon | University of Washington Bothell MFA Book Contest, Essay Press, Missoula, Montana
2017 Tuition Fellowship | Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism, Los Angeles, California