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My writing has appeared in the Rumpus, Brevity, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and elsewhere. I have written a memoir about the year I spent traveling with my boyfriend through Ghana, South Africa, and Europe following my mom’s death from breast cancer when I was twenty-two. Most of my published essays are excerpts from the manuscript or are on the same subject. I am also at work on a collection of short stories focused on grief and belonging, as well as a novel, The Olive Theory, which follows four friends in their early 30s in Portland, Oregon, as they navigate personal tragedy. I grew up in Chicago but am currently based in the Pacific Northwest and am compelled by the way place affects our senses of identity and community. I hold an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Chatham University with concentrations in Travel Writing and the Pedagogy of Creative Writing. 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