I feel in poetry there aren't that many rules that you need to absolutely live by depending on your style of poetry.

I've written and translated my own poems from English to German. It's basically a summation of my identity as it stands now.

My children's books are written on the belief that every child has a talent and a passion. Each story unfolds into an adventure of nurturing that confidence until a passion blooms.

I always feel vulnerable talking about the poetry aspect of my career because it's little diary entries that I need to sometimes close read, and to reveal that much, it's a bit nerve-racking.

Through my former experiences, writing poetry and learning other languages leading up to English I find ways to stitch words together that may seem a bit odd, but somehow, sometimes they do work.

I feel it is our inherent duty as a humane society, above any intangible responsibility, to invest in our world's children's potential, passion and confidence.

My mother's only wish was to start a life in America because America was the cradle of every promise and opportunity.