About me
Writing made me brave.
The words that fear prevented me from saying verbally effortlessly poured onto pages.
When my first, independent
book came out in 2014
and readers I didn’t know sent me messages about what it meant to them—what my words meant to their lives—it changed me. It gave me the confidence to start speaking out loud the words that were in my head but paralyzed by anxiety. And when thousands of copies were sold, when high schools incorporated my story into their classroom and local bookstores carried and sold copies, I felt unleashed.
When I signed my first publishing deal in 2021, it felt fateful that it was a story about young boys and girls. Those years of uncertainty and insecurity are still clear in my mind, further exaggerated when I became a parent at 18. So when I write these stories, I may be inventing the characters and situations, but all of the emotions I infuse into these characters are based on genuine emotions I’ve experienced.
And emotions are what has been the foundation of my business.
I am the Co-Creator of CRY.
We’re building a community of emerging writers connected by the power of creativity and vulnerability. Our mission is to help writers improve their skills, build their writing careers, and tell the stories that need to be heard.
