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In 2024, she was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Her writing has also been featured in Daughters of Latin America (Amistad, 2023), an acclaimed anthology celebrating the voices of Afro-Latin and Caribbean women.She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 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