I'm from County Down and live in Shetland, where I work at Shetland UHI's Centre for Island Creativity. My academic background is in social anthropology. Recent work includes research on knit textiles in Shetland and Ireland, creative practice and creative economies in island places, and arts-based research with care experienced young people.

I teach on the University of the Highlands and Islands’ MA Art and Social Practice and supervise postgraduate research students in Creative Practice.

My poetry has appeared in Magma, The Tangerine, Glasgow Review of Books, Northwords Now and The New Shetlander. A pamphlet, Tract, was published by The Well Review in 2023. I’m a Lead Reader for Open Book and help Mark Ryan Smith and Roseanne Watt organise Shetland’s North Star Cabaret.

I’m a recipient of a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award for poetry, 2024.