Upcoming appearances:

  • November 3, 2025, 1:00-Westlake Porter Public Library, Westlake OH

  • November 1, 2025 Buckeye Book Fair, Wooster, OH

  • November 14, 2025 Ohio Educational Library Association author panel, Columbus OH

  • November 15, Books By the Banks, Cincinnati Public Library, Cincinnati Ohio,

  • November 20-23 NCTE, Denver Colorado

  • December 8, Michigan Association of School Librarians, Ann Arbor, MI

  • March 22, 2026, Grand Lake Literature Festival, Grand Lake, OH

PAST Conference Workshops and Panels:

  • May 3, 2025- Ohioana Book Festival, Columbus, Ohio -panel: Empowering Children Through Picture Books

  • May 31, 2025- Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books , Pittsburgh, OH -panel: Disability Made Visible

  • June 26-30, 2025- ALA Annual Conference -panel: Changing the Status Quo: Picture Books That Differentiate

  • Prioritizing Disablity Represpresentation in Kidlit, The Indiana Federation of Libraries 2024 Conference

  • Digging Deeper: Shedding Light on Hidden Histories, (Panel) SCBWI Middle of The Map 2024 Conference

  • Making Positive Disability Representation in Children’s Books a Priority, Ohio Educational Media Libraries 2024 Conference

  • Claiming Space: Disability Representation on the Page, (Panel), Columbus Book Festival 2024

  • Disability Representation in Picture Book Illustration, (two-night workshop co-taught with Kaz Windness). The Highlights Foundation 2024

  • Using Authentic Stories About People with Disabilities to Advocate and Be Inclusive of All Students, (panel), National Council of Teachers of English 2023 Convention

  • Neurodivergent and Disabled Authors and Author-Educators on Kidlit, (panel), National Council of Teachers of English 2023 Convention

  • The Power of Pivoting: When the Only Way Forward is Changing Direction, (Keynote) SCBWI Ohio: North Conference 2023

  • Making Your Portfolio POP: Advice from Both Sides of the Query, (workshop with Agent Lillian Mazeika), SCBWI Ohio: North Conference 2023