About Me:

As long as I can remember, I have loved novels, poems and language.I became a lawyer because I wanted to use words to help people. After practicing law for a decade, I studied theology and became a lay minister supporting youth, ministerial leaders and most recently, women transitioning from incarceration. In addition to my writing skills, I developed deep listening skills, and was privileged to hear many stories as I accompanied strong and courageous individuals in their healing journeys.

In 2022, I completed Stanford’s online Creative Writing Certificate. I was chosen to read an excerpt from my novel in progress HAWAII KINTSUGI at SF LitCrawl in October 2022. My novel tells the story of the Japanese internment in Hawaii and is based on our family’s history. I am currently seeking representation for this project.

I have a degree in English from Stanford (1984), a JD from UCLA (1987) and a joint Master’s in Theology and Multi-Cultural Ministry from the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley. (2008).

My essay Death into Life: A Spirituality of Lay Ecclesial Ministry was published in Emerging from the Vineyard in 2014. More recently, my short stories and flash fiction have appeared in Poor Yorick, 10x10 Flash Fiction, Bright Flash Literary Review, The Bloomin Onion, and Discover Nikkei