My word art submission “How to Be a Bridge Person When You’re a Light-Skinned Latina Living in Kentucky” was selected as one of the finalists for HISTORIAS LATINAS DE LEXINGTON.

The HISTORIAS LATINAS DE LEXINGTON Concurso de Arte hosted by Casa de la Cultura informed me recently that I was a finalist for the competition. They invited us to take photos at the library and are posting every submission to Facebook for voting for the "People’s Choice” award.

Unapologetically Us readers named the poem “What I Am and Am Not Saying About Embodiment” as the reader’s choice for best work in Issue #2.

Earlier this summer, I shared the publication of “What I Am and Am Not Saying About Embodiment” in a disabled-centered zine. I was recently informed that the poem was selected by readers as the best work for the issue (the full issue is available via Flipsnack if you still want to read the works and absorb the art). I am using the prize money to start a small savings fund for my next round of publications.

If you would like to hear a reading of this work, check out my Substack where I am newly posting and plan to share more readings in the future.

Thrilled to share that I completed the LexPoMo Writing Challenge for 2025! 30 poems in 30 days!

You can read my bio for the year, my entries, and my reason for joining at my writer profile. Since I completed the challenge, editors will review my collection of submissions and choose one for the next anthology. It’s exciting to wonder which one they will select! For my dear readers and loved ones, I’ve curated some lists by theme so you can find the type of poem that speaks to you more easily.

Happy to announce that my poem “What I Am and Am Not Saying About Embodiment” was accepted for publication by Unapologetically Us: Disabled, Proud, and Resilient, a Zine By the Disability Community For the Disability Community.

This Pride issue celebrates disabled and queer bodies and the full issue is available via Flipsnack. In this poem, I attempt to express what it feels like to be neurodivergent. Specifically, what it physically feels like to have strong feelings toward my body and its sometimes inability to hold all that I am. Reframing my struggles from a place of “more” and not “less” has helped me make peace with my struggles.

Happy to announce that my poem “Second Mom” was accepted for publication by Livina Press literary magazine for their special edition: Womanhood.

This issue aligns with International Women’s Day 2025 and all proceeds will benefit Women for Women International. “Second Mom” is a poem about the roles we choose and the roles that are assigned to us.