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EXHIBITIONS 
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| 2010 | Group Show, Art Chicago International Art Fair, Roy Boyd Gallery booth, Chicago |
| 2009 | Night Telegram/Water Speak> Solo Installation, MOSNART/TRANSOM, Chicago |
| 2009 | FOCUS 4: Four Solo Exhibitions by Illinois Artists, llinois State Museum, Chicago Gallery |
| 2007-Present | Various Group Shows, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago |
| 2009 | Solo Show, Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago (in conjunction with "Our Lady of the Underpass") |
| 2009 | Group Show, Art Chicago International Art Fair, Roy Boyd Gallery booth, Chicago |
| 2008-09 | "Seven Decades of Collecting", University of Southern California's Fisher Museum of Art |
| 2008 | Group Show, Art Chicago International Art Fair, Roy Boyd Gallery booth, Chicago |
| 2007-08 | Two-Artist Show, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago |
| 2006 | Open Studio, Chicago Artists' Month |
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PUBLICATIONS 
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| 2008 | Dream of Water chapbook, Poetry Society of America |
| 2007 | Cover art, >Outer Bands by Gabe Gomez |
| 2006 | Letter to the Editor, New York Times Sunday Magazine |
| 2005 | Personal Essay, National Public Radio’s All Things Considered
"Our Lady of the New Millennium" poem, Puerto del Sol |
| 2004 | "Day Count" poem, Free Verse, North Carolina State University |
| 2003 | "Oaxaca Moon" poem, Alba |
| 2001 | "Sky/Map: An Earthwork Diary", self-published with grant |
| 1998 - 2001 | Introductory Essays, Journal of Ordinary Thought |
| 1999 | "Universe" image/poem work, Collected |
| 1998 | Artist of the Month Essay, F News Magazine |
| 1990 - 1991 | Arts Review and Criticism, the Daily Illini |
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HONORS 
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| 2009 | Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowship Finalist Award |
| 2007 | National Chapbook Fellow, Harryette Mullen Judge, Poetry Society of America |
| 2002 | CAAP Grant Review Panelist, Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs |
| 2001 | Individual Grant Recipient, Multi-Arts, Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs |
| 2000 | CityArts Grant Review Panelist, Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs |
| 1997 | Women’s Champion, Costa Rica International Kyokushin Karate Open |
| 1988 | Short Story Award, University of California, Santa Barbara |
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE 
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| 2009 | Guest Lecture, R. Golden's Cultural Anthropology Class
Tulane University |
| 2008 | Image/Text Poetry Seminar and Workshop
Newberry Library, Chicago |
| 2008 | Image/Text Seminar and Workshop
Purchase College, New York |
| 2005-07 | Writing Workshop Leader, Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Chicago |
| 2005 | Visiting Professor, Gallery 37, Chicago |
| 2004 | Full-Time English Instructor, University of New Orleans |
| 2003 - 2004 | Delgado Community College, New Orleans |
| 1998 - 2002 | Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Chicago |