upcoming events
speaking engagements
I’m available for engagements over Zoom or in person. Sample topics include “Caregiving in a Mental Health Context” and “The Magic of Metaphor.” Since the publication of my memoir, The Edge of Every Day, I’ve given talks at Meta, the University of Arizona Medical School, and Authors Publish about topics relating to mental health and memoir writing. If you’re interested in hiring me to speak, send me a request in the fields on the Contact page.
past events
May 19, 2024, 4pm
On Stage with Jenn Shapland and Jamie Figueroa
Santa Fe International Literary Festival
201 W Marcy Street
Santa Fe, NM
May 21, 2023, 2pm
Author Talk with Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Santa Fe International Literary Festival
201 W Marcy Street
Santa Fe, NM
September 14, 2022, 11am
Lecture and Q&A: The Magic of Metaphor
Authors Publish
Via Zoom
May 21, 2022, 2pm
Author Talk with Ashley C. Ford
Santa Fe Literary Festival
201 W Marcy Street
Santa Fe, NM
March 10, 2022, 10am
Panel Discussion: Real Talk
Internal Series on Mental Health & Well-Being
Meta
August 13, 2020, 7pm EDT
Reading: HERD MUSIC Series
Columbia University School of the Arts
Via Zoom from NYC; Register Here
July 1, 2020, 3pm
Reading: The Edge of Every Day
Tucson Festival of Books
Facebook Live from Tucson, AZ
March 13, 2020, 12 noon
Presentation: Caregiving in a Mental Health Context
UA Health Sciences Library
1501 N Campbell Avenue
Tucson, AZ
January 28, 2020, 6pm
Reading & Signing: The Edge of Every Day
Woods Memorial Library
3455 N 1st Avenue
Tucson, AZ
October 16, 2019, 2pm
Reading & Signing: The Edge of Every Day
Joyner–Green Valley Library
601 N La Canada Drive
Green Valley, AZ
June 26, 2019, 6–7:30pm
Reading & Signing: The Edge of Every Day
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
202 Galisteo Street
Santa Fe, NM
June 13, 2019, 7pm ($10)
Panel Discussion & Book Signing: Changing Our Minds: Three Personal Perspectives
with Mary Cregan, Amanda Stern & Jacki Lyden
The Center for Fiction
15 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
May 17, 2019, 7–8:30pm
Book Launch Party: The Edge of Every Day
Antigone Books
411 N 4th Avenue
Tucson, AZ