Curriculum Vitae
PUBLIC
Uses of Anger: Connecting With Yourself and Others, Lecture at UC Berkeley
November 2025
Abolitionist Practices for Accountability and Violence Prevention, Presentation and Panel for Pacific Center's Annual Mental Health at the Intersections Conference
Berkeley, May 2023
The Art of Healing: A Panel and Ceremony for LGBTQI2S Relationships: Healing for Queer & Trans DV Survivors, Alternatives to Criminalization Moderated by Communities United Against Violence, San Francisco,
Oakland, November 2021
Love with Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse: Panels and Book Talks
Moderated by Aishah Shahidah Simmons July 23, 2020
Howard Zinn Book Fair, San Francisco CA, December 2019
Hosted by National Women's Studies Association at Alley Cat Books, November 2019
Introduction to Embodied Healing, HOMIES Empowerment Community Dinner Series
Oakland, April 2019
El Día Internacional de la Mujer AfroLatinx, AfroCaribeña y de la Diáspora -Addressing Child Sexual Abuse Within the Diaspora Panel, Moderated by Indira Henard of DC Rape Crisis Center
Washington DC, July 2018
Teaching and Being a Writer, Mills College, moderated by Elmaz Abinader, co-founder of VONA
Oakland, CA November 2018
PRIVATE - tRAININGS AND cAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT
Black Humboldt - Collective Capacity Building Training
Humboldt County, November 2025
Laney College - Introduction to Embodied Healing for students and staff at Umoja Center
Oakland, November 2024
Oakland Family Violence and Law Center - Trauma Informed + Self Care Training
Oakland, August 2024
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) - Collective Capacity Building Training
Oakland, December 2023
Me Too - Abolitionist Practices for Accountability and Violence Prevention - Survivor Leadership Training
March 2023
Education for Liberation - Collective Capacity Building Training
December 2022
HOMIES Empowerment - Collective Capacity Building Training
Oakland, November 2022
Viet Lead - Collective Capacity Building Training in Partnership with Healing Together
September 2022
MISSSEY - Healing Cycles of Harm Cohort
Oakland, August 2021
Young Women’s Freedom Center - Introduction to Self Care Practices
Oakland, May 2021
Oakland Department of Violence Prevention - Intro to Embodied Healing
Oakland, October 2020
Lyric - Collective Capacity Building Training
San Francisco, October 2020
Creating Freedom Movements - Collective Capacity Building Training
Oakland, July 2020
Instituto Familiar - Collective Capacity Building Training
San Francisco, September 2020
Virginia Organize - Intro to Embodied Healing
Virginia, June 2020
Teachers for Social Justice - Collective Capacity Building Training and Practice in Partnership with Healing Together
Richmond, CA -2019, 2021-2022
Presentations + Trainings + Public Appearances
Publications + Literary Awards + Readings
Publications
“Fear of Believing Survivors,” Love with Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse, an anthology edited by Aishah Shahidah Simmons, AK Press, Oct 2019
“The Drawstring Back,” jOINT Literary Magazine, June 2016
“Muñecas” Make/Shift Magazine Fall 2013
“Black Feminist and Dominican: How Black Male Writers Shape My Practice” TheFeministWire.com, April 27, 2013
“Slanted American Tradition: Broken Children and Unbroken Barriers” True Stories column edited by Kiese Laymon, Gawker.com, December 22, 2012
Readings
Love with Accountability: Digging Up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse, Moderated by Aishah Shahidah Simmons
Virtual Book Talk July 2020
Green Arcade Bookstore, San Francisco, November 2019
Howard Zinn Book Fair, Dec 2019
Writers from the Margins, Octopus Literary Salon, Oakland, CA 2015
BeastCrawl, Cultural Literary Event in Oakland CA July 2014
Works in Progress, Mills College, September 2013
Awards
Pushcart Nomination for “Muñecas,” by Make/Shift Magazine, 2013
Ardella Mills Prize For Graduate Creative Nonfiction, April 2013
Residencies + Education + Professional Dev
Education
MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing, Mills College, May 2014
MS in English Education, Warner School, University of Rochester, July 2008
BS in Black and Latino Urban Studies, San Francisco State University, May 2007
Residencies
Hurston / Wright Foundation - Virtual Writer’s Week
June 2024
Residency at Voices of Our Nation (VONA) with Chris Abani,
Berkeley, CA June 2014
Residency at Voices of Our Nation (VONA) with Jeffrey Renard Allen,
Berkeley, CA June 2013
Professional Development
Going with Grace End of Life Training
December 2024
Coach Training World: Whole Person Coach Certification
October 2024
Anger Management Certification: Avedian Counseling
September 2024
Building Interpersonal Skills, Stanford Continuing Studies
September 2024
Reiki, Level One and Two with Bogar Argon Carrillo
Berkeley, CA March 2020
Cultivating Collective Healing: A Trauma-Informed Somatic Healing Training, Gratitude Alliance
Oakland, CA Feb 2019
SF Women Against Rape: Certified Rape Crisis Counselor
San Francisco, CA, 2004-2005
Intersectional Anti-Oppression Training, Communities United Against Violence
San Francisco, CA, 2002
Certificates
Going with Grace End of Life Training
December 2024
Anger Management Specialist - NAMA
September 2024October 2024