About

I’m a writer, editor, and educator. I used to be a dancer. I was born in Connecticut and escaped frequently to Mumbai. As an adult, I’ve lived in Pune, India, Brooklyn, New York, Monteverde, Costa Rica, Austin, Texas, and now Roosevelt Island, New York.

I am generally grateful to be alive and writing things.

I’ve been selected as a Steinbeck Fellow, Tin House Scholar, a Sustainable Arts Foundation Fellow, Crossfields Fellow at Cuttyhunk, and a Fulbright scholar. I have an MFA from the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas at Austin where I received the Keene Prize in Literature. I’ve accrued many pages of Submittable rejections.

I’m a senior fiction editor at The Rumpus. I used to dance with the Parul Shah Dance Company and studied with Parul Shah in NYC and Kumudini Lakhia in Ahmedabad, India. I taught in public schools for over a decade and spent several years in India with the Akanksha Foundation developing schools in Mumbai and Pune. I’ve returned to New York City public school teaching and also teach workshops, edit, and work as a writing coach. I live with my partner, two kids, and our dog.

Awards

Keene Prize for Literature Winner University of Texas, Austin

Tin House Scholar

Sustainable Arts Foundation Fellow

Fulbright Scholarship