“we are the original storytellers”

-taika waititi, te whānau-ā-apanui

i first put pen to paper at the age of 11, but my writing began many years before. in the stories i would tell my grandma during long car rides, in the universes i created for myself on my swing set in my backyard, and in the worlds of my dolls and toys. my writing was born from imagination, and has grown in every experience, every joy, and every heartbreak since.

while my first collection of poetry, thunderstorms, is no longer available for purchase, you can find my newest collection, sweetgrass & cigarettes, below.