Francesca works as a journalist, proofreader, and copywriter. Previously, she worked in radio for Canada’s public broadcaster. Her work has appeared in Maisonneuve, CBC News, Canada’s National Observer, and elsewhere. She is a regular freelance contributor to MONTECRISTO Magazine. 

She has published poetry in The Malahat Review, Leavings Lit Mag, and has a recent poem anthologized in Best Canadian Poetry 2024.

Awards & Acknowledgment

• Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for social justice writing, 2020

• CBC Alexis Mazurin Award for creative radio storytelling, 2018

• Chester MacNaghten Prize for poetry, 2012

• Lionel Shapiro Award for creative writing, 2012