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Education
2021 MFA Creative Writing, Poetry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (2025)
2020 MA Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
2009 BS Nutrition & Dietetics, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX
certifications
2019 Mindfulness Instructor Training, Naropa University, Boulder, Colorado
2018 Prison Yoga Training, Prison Yoga Project, Boulder, Colorado
2016 Breathwork Healer Training Levels 1-4, David Elliott, Sandia Park, New Mexico
2014 Level I Certification in Contemplative Meditation & Sat Nam Rasayan, Guru Dev Singh, Perugia, Italy
2013 Advanced Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training, KRI, Austin, Texas
2011 200-hr Hatha Level I Teacher Training, Yoga Yoga, Austin, Texas
2009 200-hr Kundalini Level I Teacher Training, Yoga Yoga, Austin, Texas
Publications
Books
2020 Dear Gordon, Self-published, Edited by Katie Dyer, Boulder, Colorado
2015 40 Meditations: Stories Inspired by Yoga & Practices for Transformation, Self-published, San Marcos, Texas
Magazine Publications
2021 Say Her Name, We’Moon Datebook, Wolf Creek, Oregon
2020 Being Black, We’Moon Datebook, Wolf Creek, Oregon
2018 On Support, We’Moon Datebook, Wolf Creek, Oregon
Recordings
2014 Album The Essence, White Light Studio, Anthony Molina, Kingston, New York
2012 EP Power in Peace, Stinson Studio, Robin Bruce, Austin, Texas
2011 Album Blissful Sadhana, Robin Bruce, Austin, Texas
Performances
2022 Open Mouth Poetry Reading, Survival Bouquets, Fayetteville, AR
2022 SoNA Choral and Poetry Performance, A New Movement, Fayetteville, AR
2021 Open Mouth Poetry Reading, Susannah’s Refrain, Fayetteville, AR
2021 Ozark Story Project, African Gypsy, Springdale, AR
2021 Groundwaves, Machine’s Broke, Springdale, AR
2019 Bands on the Bricks, Jamiroqueen, Boulder, CO
2019 Queer Prom, Jamiroqueen, Boulder, CO
2017 Euphoria Fest, Jamiroqueen, Austin, TX
2016 Euphoria Fest, Jamiroqueen, Austin, TX
2014 I Am Festival, Dharampal, Tulsa, OK
2014 Kirtan Performance, Dharampal, Austin, TX
2014 Kirtan Performance, Dharampal, Mexico City, Mexico
2013 SNR Retreat, Masks, Perugia, Italy
Workshops
2022 Yoga Nidra 4-Week Workshop, Fayetteville Public Library
2022 Understanding the Self Through Meditation & Collage, University of Arkansas
2022 Poetry for Mental Health/BIPOC community focus, University of Arkansas
2016 Relax & Renew: Gentle Yoga & Meditation, Red Dawg Yoga, San Marcos, TX
2016 Yoga Song Teacher Training, Lead Teacher & Creator of YA-approved 200-hr yoga teacher training program,
Casa De Luz, Austin, TX
2015 Chakra Theory Workshop, Euphoria Fest, Austin, TX
2015 Yoga & Finding the Voice, I Am Festival, Tulsa, OK
2015 Co-Yoga Teacher on Retreat, One Yoga Global, Tulum, Mexico
2014 Co-Yoga Teacher on Retreat, One Yoga Global, Tulum, Mexico
2014 Yoga for Creativity, Yoga Yoga, Austin, TX
Lectures
2022 Visiting Writer, Book Club feat. Black Writers, Visionari Productions, University of Arkansas
2019 American Academy of Religions, National Presenter, White Supremacist Yoga: A Black Feminist Perspective on
Cultural Appropriation, Systemic Racism, and ‘Healing Maps’ Toward Future Reconciliation, San Diego, CA
2019 American Academy of Religions, Regional Presenter, Application of the Mahāyāna Teachings: The White Privilege Bodhisattva,
Structural Spiritual By-Pass, & Relative Truth as a Means for Liberation, Omaha, Nebraska
Residencies
2022 Open Mouth Residency
Awards, Grants, & Fellowships
2021 Life Works Here Grant, NWA Council, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2021 Artists 360 Practicing Artist Fellow, Mid-America Arts Alliance & Walton Family Foundation
2020 Finalist, University of Washington Bothell MFA Book Contest, Dear Gordon, Essay Press, Missoula, Montana
2017 Merit Scholarship Grant, Frederick P. Lenz Foundation for American Buddhism, Los Angeles, California