About

 I grew up in Rhode Island and Georgia, then jumped into a year of adventure in the Andes Mountains of Peru. There, I volunteered in a prison, learned Spanish, and rode almost no elevators for an entire year.

Years later, I became mom to Kai- smart, funny, curious, and absolutely obsessed with... ELEVATORS! Together, our family dove into research on their history and engineering. But children’s books on the topic were surprisingly scarce. So I wrote the book I couldn’t find for my little engineer. UP WE GO! AMAZING ELEVATORS was born—and so was my love for writing children's books!

 Now I write kidlit across genres and styles. My debut publications, two Spanish/English bilingual short stories called YULI AND THE DRAGONFLY and FREDDY'S FIRST FLIGHT, were acquired by Highlights High Five magazine in September 2026. I have a stack of pre-published picture book manuscripts that vary from fiction to informational fiction and non-fiction. I write stories with humor and heart, in lyrical language, meter, prose, and everything in between.

When I'm not writing or reading picture books or exploring the world with my husband and our eight-year-old, I can be found working with refugee families at the Atlanta International Rescue Committee office, where I'm a Spanish Interpreter and Supply Chain Coordinator. I'm also the proud volunteer Cubmaster of a diverse and rambunctious pack of Cub Scouts in Lilburn, Georgia- Pack 551!