She has served as Distinguished Poet-in-Residence at Saint Mary's College of California, and she is a co-founder and former director of the arts engagement organization the Iowa Youth Writing Project.

[3] Malech’s first full-length collection of poetry, Shore Ordered Ocean, was published in 2009 by The Waywiser Press.

[4] The Cleveland State University Poetry Center published her second collection, Say So, in 2010.

[2] Her poems were selected by Natasha Trethewey for Best New Poets 2007, Mark Strand for No Near Exit: Writers Select Their Favorite Work from Post Road Magazine, and Sherman Alexie for The Best American Poetry 2015.

[2] She collaborated with composer Jacob Cooper on a track for his debut album Silver Threads (Nonesuch Records, 2014).