2019
- Awarded the Philip Halley Johnson Scholarship for Art at the University of Oregon
- Won first place in poetry in the Walter and Nancy Kidd Memorial Writing Competition in Poetry and Fiction at the University of Oregon
2018
- Began studies at University of Oregon with the aid of the Diversity Excellence Scholarship
- The Othered Gender Takes the Knife featured in University of Oregon’s Making History: LGBTQIA Art Exhibit
- Pop-up and tunnel books A Tiding of Magpies and Enough Space featured in Lane Community College Juried Student Art Exhibition and Eugene’s First Friday Art Walk
2017
- Film short Unmaking Space receives “Best in 4D Art” Porschman Scholarship in the Paragon Arts Annual Juried Student Art Show
- The Othered Gender Takes the Knife receives “Honorable Mention in 2D Art” Porschman Scholarship in the Paragon Arts Annual Juried Student Art Show
- Earns Associate of Science at Portland Community College with Honors (President’s List)
2016
- Solo visual art show the dream guides exhibited at Miss Zumstein Cafe and Cellar Door Coffee
- Fitcher’s Bird or the Girl Who Rescues Herself receives best in 3D artwork Porschman Scholarship in the Portland Community College Cascade Gallery‘s Hand Made Student Art Exhibition
2015
- Completed first tiny house of salvage materials at 99 square feet with Spencer Fisher
- Began visual art studies at Portland Community College
2014
- Recorded, mixed, mastered and produced solo acoustic album Human Thinking Animal
- Poem hallowed published in Querencia: A Compilation of Zuni Mountain Poets in New Mexico
2013
- Recorded, mixed, mastered and co-produced Maxwell von Raven’s debut album For the Night Surely Comes
- Wrote monologue for El Morro production of The Vagina Monologues on growing up female, being transgender, and surviving sexual assault
- Poem at sunrise published in January issue of the Gallup Journey of New Mexico
- Photo Muse won first place in its category at the El Morro Area Arts Council Harvest Festival
2012
- Produced two dozen visual art pieces for a solo art show in Portland, OR at the Silver Moth
- Began CoupleoHuckleberries blog with Spencer Fisher to document their adventures backpacking, living off grid, and making art
2011
- Ink and watercolor The Juniper Tree included in Group Love Show Number 5 at the Launchpad Gallery
2009 – 2010
- Published blog Western Rambler to document his sabbatical in the high desert off the grid, on the road, or with his 100 year old grandmother
2008
- Volunteered at the Multnomah County Library
2007
- Electronic music single Santa Maria released on Failing Records Compilation of Portland Music Volume 3
- Volunteered at Cardo’s Sprout Farm in Denton, Texas
2006
- Wrote, produced and performed multimedia visual art show/rock opera The Armless Children and the Serpent in a three month timeline at the Launchpad Gallery in Portland, Oregon
- Taught keyboard at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls in Portland, Oregon
- Volunteered at Mark Woolley Gallery in Portland, Oregon
2005
- Wrote string quintet Woven Shut
- Recorded, mixed, mastered and produced solo electronic album under the name Zeze the X
- Volunteered at In Other Words Feminist Books and Resources in Portland, Oregon
2004
- Wrote music reviews for art journal Art Prostitute
- Curated revolving art shows at Jupiter House, a 24-hour coffee house in Denton, Texas, which was co-owned and co-created with family
2001
- Wrote film score for independent short film Boiling Man
- Toured England with the Brookhaven Jazz Lab Band playing piano
- Recorded, mixed, mastered and produced solo punk album under the name (esperance)
- Music scholarship funding lost due to cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts
2000
- Wrote film score for independent short film Normalcy
- Attended Brookhaven College in Dallas, Texas for Music Composition and Piano, studying piano with Octavio Gutierrez, by virtue of a National Endowment for the Arts music scholarship
- Wrote piano composition Tempus
1991-1999
- Studied piano with classical pianist and instructor Carmen Doubrava
1999
- Wrote sonata for electric guitar and piano Ximena, which won 2nd in the Texas State Music Teacher’s Association’s composition competition
- Recorded, mixed, mastered and produced solo experimental album Chained to the Sink under the name (esperance)
1998
- Wrote piano composition Tir fa Tonn, which won 2nd in the Texas State Music Teacher’s Association’s composition competition
1996
- At age 15, completed first piano composition of note, Amans, in sonata form