Founding Editor, Arktoi Books

Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing Emerita, Antioch University Los Angeles

Founding Chair, MFA in Creative Writing at Antioch University Los Angeles

Resident Faculty, The Idyllwild Summer Poetry Workshop

Founding Partner, Eco-Arts LLC

Director, Women's Studies Program at California State University Northridge
Adjunct Professor, California State University Northridge
Director of Admissions at Immaculate Heart College
Adjunct Professor, Department of English at Immaculate Heart College
Faculty in The Women's Writing Program, The Woman's Building Los Angeles

First Poet Laureate of Los Angeles

COLA Fellowship, City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department
Artist Fellowship, California Arts Council
VESTA Award, The Woman's Building Los Angeles
MacDowell Colony
Dorland Colony
Beyond Baroque Foundation "NewBook" Award for Building Some Changes

Selected Anthologies

The Geography of Home: California's Poetry of Place
The World in Us: Lesbian & Gay Poetry of the Next Wave
California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present
Another City: Writing From Los Angeles
Ladies, Start Your Engines: Women Writers on Cars and the Road
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend: Women Writers on Baseball
Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals
Bear Flag Republic: Prose Poems and Poetics from California