Mini Bio

After 2 years of island life, I've made my way back to Chiang Mai--a city I can't seem to stay away from. These days you'll find me teaching creative writing and literature workshops at Chiang Mai University, attempting to find an agent for my first novel, getting myself lost on mountain road trips and jungle hikes, and of course, writing always. Currently, I'm stitching together a new novel, doing research on storytelling and story structures, and creating posts that revolve around books that I love and seeing the world and universe through a lens of magic and wonder. 

June 2022, Chiang Mai, Thailand

It's been 3.5 years since I've started this blog...what a ride! If you are a new reader, you have plenty of stories and adventures to read through! My curiosity following and magic making has led me to a small island in the Gulf of Thailand where I'm currently living and writing and teaching. But the adventures have not stopped! I told myself when I started this journey I would ride this wave as long as I could. There seems to be no end in sight.

July 2019, Koh Phangan, Thailand

Since I was a kid, I've lived many different lives and taken on many different identities. But really, my life is one big journey. I've lived in Ohio, Wyoming, Montana, and California as well as out of my car everywhere in-between. I've traveled from the arctic circle via Alaska to the villages of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, from the city streets of Bogota to the tropical Colombian jungle coast of Tayrona. I watched the sunrise over a moonscape volcano on Maui, and zip-lined through the Dominican Republic jungle. I had a tarot reading in the high desert vortex of Sedona, Arizona, and while living in Montana, I accidentally ended up on (and survived) a black diamond run the 3rd time I ever snowboarded. I lived in a sleepy little California beach town for 12 years where I tended bar at a music venue, photographed tourists at a seaside amusement park, and managed a rustic little Japanese bathhouse (think Spirited Away). I took countless road trips up and down the coast and through the myriad landscapes of California. Ad infinitum. Some snapshots of my life. You get the idea.

How did my life come to be so meandering?

I was born under an auspicious star, a Vedic astrologer once told me.

Or maybe I'm here to follow my curiosity, have experiences and collect stories, to meet my teachers and teach those who cross my path.

Amidst all these different lives and moving about, I somehow also managed to find time to earn a BA in Psychology (Ohio U), an MFA in Creative Writing (San Jose State U), and become a certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor (Berkeley, CA). They have all come in handy in getting me through life. I don't think I could have made it this far without them.

And as I set off on another adventure, another life, this blog is here to document my stories as I travel throughout India, Nepal, and Southeast Asia--following my curiosity, taking leaps of faith, and chasing fireflies and miracles.

November 2015, Santa Cruz, California