Some consider the arts a luxury, I think it's a necessity. Imagine life without story, poetry, music, song, dance, created and captured images, how would we express what we feel, how we live, and even more, how we survive?

Community engagement in the arts, helps us converse about how our shared and foreign experiences move through the world without us.

As someone who joined the creative writing community later in life, I want to help others tap into that creative side and surprise themselves. To feel what it's like to create something that hasn’t been in the world the same way before.

As a creative writer and poet, I enjoy stretching my imagination to push creative boundaries. I want to ignite conversations around art and expression that expands our thinking, no matter the boxes we feel placed in. Advocate for and support the art that speaks to you, and if you haven’t found that art, create it!