I have been writing poetry and short fiction since my high school years. My writing generally is concerned with spiritual and mystical themes. I have worked as an English teacher in college, I have pastored in the church, and I have done counseling with felony offenders. I currently work as a therapist with teenagers who've been removed from their families. Writing has been my love and has been my primary mode of expression and communication. I was encouraged to write by my father who was a poet himself.