A man in a black hat and denim shirt smiles into camera as he walks along a beach

So— who am I?

I am:

  • A former University of Michigan Wolverine (go Blue!);

  • A current MFA candidate in prose fiction and Writing Program Graduate Assistant at the University of Massachusetts Amherst;

  • An intern with UMass IT, where I use analytics and user-centered thinking to assist the redesign of their website in Drupal 10;

  • Pursuing a certificate from the Professional Writing and Technical Communications (PWTC) program, where I’ve learned to write grant proposals and user manuals, code in HTML and CSS, and work with MadCap Flare and Illustrator.

When I'm not learning about and researching opportunities in technical writing, information design, and user experience, I'm at work on a historical novel set in Asia during World War II and short stories exploring contemporary South Asian American life—or, of course, reading books. (Current favorite: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel.)