About

Born in Louisiana, I am blessed to have enjoyed a childhood in celebration of diversity through culture, cuisine, language, history and perspective. My maternal grandmother’s heritage is linked to Bordeaux, France.

My M.F.A. is in Creative Writing in Spanish from New York University. My thesis novel, an experimental travel story, is titled: Raquel recibió la oreja de Van Gogh.

Currently, I am an Assistant Professor of Spanish at a small, private college in a small town in northern Mississippi which shares a border with Tennessee and Arkansas - the ancient land of the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Tunica and Quapaw peoples.

As for yoga, I studied in Hṛṣīkeśa, India. I am a Master, 500-hour yoga teacher in the AM Sattva Yoga tradition from the Garhwal Himalaya foothills.

My company, Yoga Gaga, incorporates breathing practice, dynamic movement, mediation and voice for a calm, focused presence and is available for all body types and abilities.