I believe in the value of failure—an understanding I earned on a pool deck when an outcome didn't go as planned.

These are three separate poems that I worked on at different times to reflect on my childhood reaching an end.

My piece is a poem about a girl that struggles with the expectations of her peers and hiding her emotions.

This piece was originally written as a microfiction piece for my creative writing class, in which we had to write a piece in under 100 words.

I wrote this about my sister and looking up to her and missing her as she's away at college.

Make Me As Perfect As The Glowing Sun is a collection of three poems, which all share the theme of rebirth.

The story I have written is about losing someone who is close to you.

“Devoted” was a play originally written with a partner for a program with a local theatre company that fosters youth creativity.

My dad grew up in the rural pit of California, and is an avid story teller.

This collection explores the intimate moments of love and grief and how they shape the ways we remember.

This poem is about struggling with guilt, shame, and the feeling of being lost, and finding hope through faith.

I chose to imitate several parts from my mentor poem, Dinosaurs in the Hood by Danez Smith.

The story depicts a dystopian future where the Hyperion Dominion, led by Supreme Leader Trump, rules the former US, having wiped citizens' memories to enforce silent compliance.

Taking things from my life and turning it into art is really important to me.

We Fail to Notice is about the quiet, persistent pain that goes unnoticed day in and day out.

We all have that one person who came into our life and taught us how to open our eyes, but then left the world silent.

It's set in the 1950's and about two boys who fell in love with each other, deciding to date despite the hatred on gay people during that time period which did cause a lot of hate crimes like written in my story.

This set of poems is essentially the parts of my life I could no longer carry.

Artists statement: This piece explores the loud silence of the parts of our lives which grow quiet as we age.

These two poems both relate to my culture and where I'm from.