POET & WORKSHOP FACILITATOR
2013 - 2016: Assistant Coach & Co-Founder, UT Austin Spitshine Slam
2013 - 2014: Coach, They Speak Youth Poetry Slam in Austin, TX
2012 - 2014: Mentor & Organizer, They Speak Youth Poetry Slam in Austin, TX
2011 - 2013: Mentor, Organizer & Founder, Fresh Ink Youth Poetry Slam in San Antonio, TX
2011 - 2013: Featured Poet, Luminaria Arts Festival at Hemisfair Park in San Antonio, TX
2018
Featured Presenter, Afro-latinidades Symposium: Blackness, Identity & Space, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Featured Poet, 2nd Verse Open Mic at the Continental Cafe, San Antonio, TX.
Workshop Facilitator, Cross Cultural Center, UC Davis, Davis, CA.
Featured Poet, Spoken Futures Showcase, Gallagher Theater, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Featured Poet, Queer Youth Art Show, Thornhill Lopez Center, Tucson, AZ.
Workshop Facilitator, Tucson Youth Poetry Slam at La Pilita Cultural Center, Tucson, AZ.
Workshop Facilitator, SPACES at UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
Featured Poet, RISE Festival at Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Featured Poet, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Featured Poet, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Finalist, Women of the World Poetry Slam, Dallas, TX.
Featured Poet, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Featured Poet, Boston Poetry Slam at the Cantab Lounge, Cambridge, MA.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Featured Poet, Youth Speaks' 21st Annual Bringing the Noise for MLK, Nourse Theater, San Francisco, CA.
2017
Featured Poet, VOICES at Amherst College, Amherst, MA.
Commissioned Poem Written & Featured Poet, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
Featured Poet, The Root Slam, Oakland, CA.
Featured Poet, CalSLAM at Afro House, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Social Justice Conference, Stanislaus State University, Turlock, CA.
Host & Featured Poet, WU-SLam at Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
Featured Poet w/ Oliver Lake & the Jump Up Band, City of Asylum, Pittsburgh, PA.
Featured Poet, Write About Now Poetry, Houston, TX.
Featured Poet & Panelist, AfroLatinas in Tejas, Castillo Community Center, Houston, TX.
Workshop Facilitator; Demons, Diaspora & Magic, Gemini Ink, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Gemini Ink at Viva Tacoland, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, University of California- Riverside, CA.
Featured Poet, Button Poetry Presents Inside Voices, Minneapolis, MN.
Featured Poet, Macalester University, St. Paul, MN.
Guest Lecturer, Winter Tangerine Dissolved in Water: Memories of Diaspora online workshop.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Black & Latina Womxn Summit, University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign, IL.
Competing Poet, Women of the World Poetry Slam, Dallas, TX.
2016
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Featured Poet, Speakeasy Reading Series, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Camp Specialist & Writing Advisor, Barrio Writers One Week Summer Program, UT Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, Poetry & Platica, Resistencia Books, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA.
Featured Poet/Panelist & Workshop Facilitator, Tucson Poetry Festival, Tucson, AZ.
Competing Member of UT Austin Spitshine slam team at College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Write About Now Poetry Slam, Houston, TX.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Spitshine Open Mic, University of Texas at Austin.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Austin Poetry Slam, Austin TX.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Write in the Feels, University of Texas at Austin.
Featured Poet, Kinetics Poetry Project Festival, UC Santa Cruz.
Opening Poet, Cam Awkward-Rich Chapbook Release, Austin, TX.
2015
Featured Poet, Write About Now Poetry, Houston, TX.
Opening Act with UT Spitshine, Sarah Kay Show, University of Texas at Austin.
Featured Poet, 2nd Verse, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review Release Party, Malvern Books, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, Hip Hop Theater Explosion, Vortex Theater, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX.
Featured Poet, Huizache #5 Release Party, Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Austin Poetry Slam, TX.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Residence Life Slam, University of Texas at Austin.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Spitshine Open Mic, University of Texas at Austin.
Featured Poet, "Art as Activism", UT Gender & Sexuality Center, Austin, TX.
Opening Act, Ronnie K. Stephens Book Release Party, Austin, TX.
Member of UT Austin Spitshine Slam, 13th Place at College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in Richmond, VA.
Featured Poet, ¡A Viva Voz! at Benson Latin American Library, University of Texas at Austin.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, ACUI Regional Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Huston-Tillotson University, Austin, TX.
2014
Member of UT Austin Spitshine Slam, 1st Place at College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in Boulder, CO.
Featured Poet, 2nd Verse, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Neo Soul, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet & Opening Act w/ UT Spitshine for Lacey Roop, University of Texas at Austin.
All Day Workshop Leader, Brennan High School, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Diverse Verses One Mic Stand, Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Featured Poet, FEMPowerment, UT Austin.
Featured Poet, St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, They Speak Youth Poetry Slam Finals, Austin, TX.
Opening Act for Sister Outsider Poetry, UT Austin.
Featured Poet, Concordia University, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, The New Sh!t Show, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins, TX.
Regular Workshop Leader, Learning Tree at Vintage Creek Apts, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, UT Poetry Center Opening at the Perry-Castaneda Library, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet w/ Spitshine Poetry at the Perry Castaneda Library, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet w/ Spitshine Poetry at Tejas Coffee, Austin, TX.
2013
Featured Poet, C.D. Fulkes Middle School in Round Rock, TX.
Featured Poet, Art on the Other Side at All Saints Episcopal Church in Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, MLK Day Celebration at Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX.
Co-Coach, UT Spitshine Poetry Slam places 18th at College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in New York, NY.
Guest Workshop Facilitator, Barrio Writers in Austin, TX.
Coach, Winning Team at Spitfest, Spider House Ballroom, Austin, TX.
Co-Coach, They Speak places in top 8 at Brave New Voices in Chicago, IL.
Featured Poet, Parable at Austin Ale House, Austin TX.
2012
3rd Place, Brave New Voices Indie Slam Finals at UC Berkeley.
Winning Team, Slambowl at the Austin Poetry Slam, Austin TX.
Featured Poet, Diverse Verses at Baylor University in Waco, TX.
Slam Champion & Team Member, They Speak Youth Slam Finals in Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, Soul Sessions at SAGA Nightclub in San Antonio, TX.
2011
Featured Poet, Pajama Poetry Party at the University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Killeen Natural Hair & Health Expo, Killeen, TX.
Featured Poet on the cover of The Current newspaper, August edition
Featured Poet w/ They Speak Youth Slam, Brave New Voices Finals, San Francisco Opera Theater.
Slam Team Member, They Speak Austin Youth Slam at Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam in San Francisco, CA.
Organizer, Coach & Team Member, Fresh Ink Out Loud Poetry Slam at John Jay High School, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, SA Inspire Magazine Release Party at Bubblehead Tea, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Lenguas Libres at the Guadalupe Theater, San Antonio, TX.
John Jay Team Member, School Pride Poetry Slam at Ruta Maya, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Alliance for Multicultural & Multilingual Education Youth Conference at Hyatt Regency, San Antonio, TX.
2010
Featured Poet, Puroslam Fundraiser at Jive Refried, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, New Creation Christian Fellowship's Friday Night Live Gone M.A.D., San Antonio, TX.
2013 - 2014: Coach, They Speak Youth Poetry Slam in Austin, TX
2012 - 2014: Mentor & Organizer, They Speak Youth Poetry Slam in Austin, TX
2011 - 2013: Mentor, Organizer & Founder, Fresh Ink Youth Poetry Slam in San Antonio, TX
2011 - 2013: Featured Poet, Luminaria Arts Festival at Hemisfair Park in San Antonio, TX
2018
Featured Presenter, Afro-latinidades Symposium: Blackness, Identity & Space, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Featured Poet, 2nd Verse Open Mic at the Continental Cafe, San Antonio, TX.
Workshop Facilitator, Cross Cultural Center, UC Davis, Davis, CA.
Featured Poet, Spoken Futures Showcase, Gallagher Theater, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
Featured Poet, Queer Youth Art Show, Thornhill Lopez Center, Tucson, AZ.
Workshop Facilitator, Tucson Youth Poetry Slam at La Pilita Cultural Center, Tucson, AZ.
Workshop Facilitator, SPACES at UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA.
Featured Poet, RISE Festival at Yale University, New Haven, CT.
Featured Poet, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA.
Featured Poet, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Finalist, Women of the World Poetry Slam, Dallas, TX.
Featured Poet, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Featured Poet, Boston Poetry Slam at the Cantab Lounge, Cambridge, MA.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.
Featured Poet, Youth Speaks' 21st Annual Bringing the Noise for MLK, Nourse Theater, San Francisco, CA.
2017
Featured Poet, VOICES at Amherst College, Amherst, MA.
Commissioned Poem Written & Featured Poet, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA.
Featured Poet, The Root Slam, Oakland, CA.
Featured Poet, CalSLAM at Afro House, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Social Justice Conference, Stanislaus State University, Turlock, CA.
Host & Featured Poet, WU-SLam at Washington University, St. Louis, MO.
Featured Poet w/ Oliver Lake & the Jump Up Band, City of Asylum, Pittsburgh, PA.
Featured Poet, Write About Now Poetry, Houston, TX.
Featured Poet & Panelist, AfroLatinas in Tejas, Castillo Community Center, Houston, TX.
Workshop Facilitator; Demons, Diaspora & Magic, Gemini Ink, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Gemini Ink at Viva Tacoland, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, University of California- Riverside, CA.
Featured Poet, Button Poetry Presents Inside Voices, Minneapolis, MN.
Featured Poet, Macalester University, St. Paul, MN.
Guest Lecturer, Winter Tangerine Dissolved in Water: Memories of Diaspora online workshop.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Black & Latina Womxn Summit, University of Illinois- Urbana Champaign, IL.
Competing Poet, Women of the World Poetry Slam, Dallas, TX.
2016
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Featured Poet, Speakeasy Reading Series, University of Pittsburgh, PA.
Camp Specialist & Writing Advisor, Barrio Writers One Week Summer Program, UT Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, Poetry & Platica, Resistencia Books, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA.
Featured Poet/Panelist & Workshop Facilitator, Tucson Poetry Festival, Tucson, AZ.
Competing Member of UT Austin Spitshine slam team at College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Write About Now Poetry Slam, Houston, TX.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Spitshine Open Mic, University of Texas at Austin.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Austin Poetry Slam, Austin TX.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Write in the Feels, University of Texas at Austin.
Featured Poet, Kinetics Poetry Project Festival, UC Santa Cruz.
Opening Poet, Cam Awkward-Rich Chapbook Release, Austin, TX.
2015
Featured Poet, Write About Now Poetry, Houston, TX.
Opening Act with UT Spitshine, Sarah Kay Show, University of Texas at Austin.
Featured Poet, 2nd Verse, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review Release Party, Malvern Books, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, Hip Hop Theater Explosion, Vortex Theater, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX.
Featured Poet, Huizache #5 Release Party, Mexican American Cultural Center, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Austin Poetry Slam, TX.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Residence Life Slam, University of Texas at Austin.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Spitshine Open Mic, University of Texas at Austin.
Featured Poet, "Art as Activism", UT Gender & Sexuality Center, Austin, TX.
Opening Act, Ronnie K. Stephens Book Release Party, Austin, TX.
Member of UT Austin Spitshine Slam, 13th Place at College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in Richmond, VA.
Featured Poet, ¡A Viva Voz! at Benson Latin American Library, University of Texas at Austin.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, ACUI Regional Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Huston-Tillotson University, Austin, TX.
2014
Member of UT Austin Spitshine Slam, 1st Place at College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in Boulder, CO.
Featured Poet, 2nd Verse, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Neo Soul, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet & Opening Act w/ UT Spitshine for Lacey Roop, University of Texas at Austin.
All Day Workshop Leader, Brennan High School, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Diverse Verses One Mic Stand, Baylor University, Waco, TX.
Featured Poet, FEMPowerment, UT Austin.
Featured Poet, St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, They Speak Youth Poetry Slam Finals, Austin, TX.
Opening Act for Sister Outsider Poetry, UT Austin.
Featured Poet, Concordia University, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, The New Sh!t Show, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet w/ UT Spitshine, Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins, TX.
Regular Workshop Leader, Learning Tree at Vintage Creek Apts, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, UT Poetry Center Opening at the Perry-Castaneda Library, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet w/ Spitshine Poetry at the Perry Castaneda Library, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet w/ Spitshine Poetry at Tejas Coffee, Austin, TX.
2013
Featured Poet, C.D. Fulkes Middle School in Round Rock, TX.
Featured Poet, Art on the Other Side at All Saints Episcopal Church in Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, MLK Day Celebration at Southwestern University in Georgetown, TX.
Co-Coach, UT Spitshine Poetry Slam places 18th at College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in New York, NY.
Guest Workshop Facilitator, Barrio Writers in Austin, TX.
Coach, Winning Team at Spitfest, Spider House Ballroom, Austin, TX.
Co-Coach, They Speak places in top 8 at Brave New Voices in Chicago, IL.
Featured Poet, Parable at Austin Ale House, Austin TX.
2012
3rd Place, Brave New Voices Indie Slam Finals at UC Berkeley.
Winning Team, Slambowl at the Austin Poetry Slam, Austin TX.
Featured Poet, Diverse Verses at Baylor University in Waco, TX.
Slam Champion & Team Member, They Speak Youth Slam Finals in Austin, TX.
Featured Poet, Soul Sessions at SAGA Nightclub in San Antonio, TX.
2011
Featured Poet, Pajama Poetry Party at the University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Killeen Natural Hair & Health Expo, Killeen, TX.
Featured Poet on the cover of The Current newspaper, August edition
Featured Poet w/ They Speak Youth Slam, Brave New Voices Finals, San Francisco Opera Theater.
Slam Team Member, They Speak Austin Youth Slam at Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam in San Francisco, CA.
Organizer, Coach & Team Member, Fresh Ink Out Loud Poetry Slam at John Jay High School, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, SA Inspire Magazine Release Party at Bubblehead Tea, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, Lenguas Libres at the Guadalupe Theater, San Antonio, TX.
John Jay Team Member, School Pride Poetry Slam at Ruta Maya, Austin, TX.
Featured Poet & Workshop Facilitator, Alliance for Multicultural & Multilingual Education Youth Conference at Hyatt Regency, San Antonio, TX.
2010
Featured Poet, Puroslam Fundraiser at Jive Refried, San Antonio, TX.
Featured Poet, New Creation Christian Fellowship's Friday Night Live Gone M.A.D., San Antonio, TX.
