She is also the grand prize winner of Hotel Room of One's Own writing residence. Oves is the 2022 Humorist in Residence sponsored by the University of Dayton. Her winning essay "This is Widowhood" beat out 400 other applicants in four countries. Here is the link:

https://humorist-in-residence.com/2021/11/finding-comedy-in-a-hotel-room/

Her blog can be found online at http://www.chrysaliscollective.org/.

You can find Mary's Ted Talk here!