Creative Work

• "Roots of Diesel," featured in an outdoor art exhibit called “Connection to Land," Agroforestry Northwest, Raising Cane Ranch, Snohomish (Sep. 2025)
• "Skagit Rubies," Read Local Eat Local, City of Redmond Poet Laureate Poetry Project (Sep. 2025)
• "Raspberry Rain," Read Local Eat Local, City of Redmond Poet Laureate Poetry Project (Sep. 2024)
• "Endlessly," poem audio recording, The Writing's on the Wall - Museum of Northwest Art
• "Summer Anticipation," (poetry) The Madrona Project: The Empty Bowl Cookbook, Vol. 6, No. 1, Empty Bowl Press (Jan. 2024)
• "Deliberate Resolve," (poetry) featured in Washington Poetic Routes: Digital Mapping Project by WA State Poet Laureate, Claudia Castro Luna (2020)
• "The Red Napkin," Clamor: UW Bothell Literary & Art Journal (2019)
• "Daffodil," Clamor: UW Bothell Literary & Art Journal (2019); featured on the Gallery Wall (UWB Founders Hall) (2019)
• "Silence Is." Bricolage: Visual and Arts Journal, University of Washington (UW) Seattle (2014)
• "Pulse of Earth," Clamor: UW Bothell Literary & Art Journal (2014)
• "Desert Sparks," Yours Truly, (2014)
• "I Swallow the Moon" (poetry); "Royalty" (photography); "Two Paths to Success" (digital narrative), Clamor: UW Bothell Literary and Art Journal (2013)
• "When I Am Gone," Clamor: UW Bothell Literary & Art Journal (2012)
• "Paintbrush," Yours Truly: Cascadia Community College Literary and Art Journal (2012) 
• "River," SQAJET: Skagit River Poets, Skagit Valley College Literary and Art Journal (2005) 
• Natural Images: words & photographs (co-authored, 2010)
• "The First," First in Our Families Digital Narrative Project UW Bothell News 

Journal Articles

• “You’re Not Alone:” A Conversation on Creating Community and Inclusion for First-Generation College Students through an Annual Library Celebration, Alki Journal Article, Spring 2025. Washington Library Association
• Library Pop-Up Creates Space and Celebration for First Generation College Students, Alki Journal, Washington Library Association, April 2024.
• “Pin-a-Poem” Library Display Celebrates Poetry Month, Alki Journal, Washington Library Association, July 2022, p. 19, co-authored.

Podcasting Ventures
The Daring Space of Unfurling Podcast (2020) (SoundCloud)
A first-hand look into my reflective process exploring my personal and professional growth as a library staff member during a leadership program at the University of Washington Libraries in Seattle, WA.

• Introduction
• Episode 1: What We Do As Library Staff Cannot Fit Nicely Into a Box

Editorial Reviews, Amazon

• The Lost Hour: A Grand Globetrotting Adventure with Six O'Clock & Friends, Nicola Pearson, Mar. 2016
• How to Make a Pot in 14 Easy Lessons, Nicola Pearson, Jul. 2016

Book Reviews, Skagit Valley Herald

• Celebrating the Small Things in the Book of Joy, The Book of Joy, Desmond Tutu, The Dalai Lama, Feb. 2017
• And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer, Fredrik Backman, Jan. 2017
• An Entirely Different Kind of Love Story, Me Before You, Jojo Moyes, Nov. 2016
• Determination in the Face of Hatred, I Am Malala, Malala Yousafzai, Oct. 2016
• H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald, Jul. 2016
• Britt-Marie Was Here, Fredrik Backman, Jun. 2016
• My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, Fredrik Backman, Oct. 2015
• Living Big in a Tiny Home, The Big Tiny, Dee Williams, Jan. 2016
• Mass Surveillance and Redefining American Values in 'No Place to Hide,' No Place to Hide, Glenn Greenwald, Jan. 2016
• "The Fight to Keep the Ability to Remember," Still Alice, Lisa Genova, Jun. 2015
• "The long journey to the 'Wild Truth,' The Wild Truth, Carine McCandless, Feb. 2015

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Adventures NW Magazine article, Winter 2014/15 Issue
"Along the Skagit: A Winter Gathering of Eagles" 

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Academic Research, Western Washington University, Teaching-Learning Academy
Co-authored a book chapter: Engaging Student Voices in the Study of Teaching and Learning, "Students in Parlor Talk on Teaching and Learning: Conversational Scholarship," Stylus Publishing, 2010. Co-authored chapter by Carmen Werder, Luke Ware, Cora Thomas, Erik Skogsberg.

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WWU Libraries Catalog record

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