Communication and Storytelling Work

I am passionate about how we can communicate better and believe that everyone’s story matters. As founder at Sereia I help people tell their next story through spaces, brands, and words.

Writing and Research Projects

Displaced - An Ethnography of Language and Identity Loss

MA Thesis - Applied Linguistics, Portland State University

Reimagining Applied Linguistics Through a Southern Lens: An Un-booking Approach - A collaborative writing project in conjunction with Pennsylvania State University, Portland State University, and internationally-based researchers, community members and scholars

Co-presenter, AAAL, Houston TX 2024

The Serbia Project - A book project based on my MA Thesis: an autobiographical journey around language and identity loss - in process

Podcast! The Apprentice Dialogues Podcast and Project with Michelle Arendt - Our ‘pilot season’ is out now!

Publications

Displaced: An Ethnography of Language and Identity Loss

Portland State University, 2025

Researcher and Co-author, Language Use in Somalia: Research Report - How Can We Speak the Truth if They Can’t Understand Us?

Read the Clear Global report HERE

Clear Global and Portland State University, 2023

Co-author, Sex, Happiness, and other Stories: People talk about finding joy in their relationships

Interviews and reflections with Rodrigo Baena, 2014

Awards, Recognitions & Presentations

Presenter, Portland State University 2024 Student Research Symposium, May 2024

Colloquium Co-presenter, Southernizing Applied Linguistics, American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL), Houston TX, March 2024

Recipient, James R. Nattinger Scholarship, Portland State University, Department of Applied Linguistics, 2023-2024