I was born in Quincy, Massachusetts and moved to Milton where I went to Milton High School. I went on to University of Massachusetts, Amherst where I majored in English. From there I went to University of Montana for an MFA. I studied with Richard Hugo and William Kitteridge.      I taught for two years at Iranzamin International School in Iran. When I returned to the United States I taught at Curry College and part time at Stonehill College. I completed an MA in Composition at UMass-Boston.      My first book of poems, Flying, was published by the Edwin Mellen Press. Ibbetson Street Press published a chapbook entitled Walk Out. I won the Blue Light Award and The Blue Light Press published What We Love. Spy Pond was published by Prolific Press.      I have had poetry, stories and articles in The Paris Review, The Sun, Yankee, Cream City Review, The North American Review, The Boston Herald and The Boston Globe.      Luck, a collection of short stories is came out in 2017 with Tailwinds Press.    

Blue Light Press Award 2007
Showcase Poet, The Aurorean 2013-2014
Outer Cape Poetry Contest, Honorable Mention 2014, 2016, 2017
Anthology of New England Writers, Honorable Mention 2010