[2] In 2007, she earned a Masters of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Pacific Lutheran University.

[8] She teaches poetry through an affiliation with arts agencies, including Writers in the Schools and the Jack Straw Foundation.

In addition to her writing, Flenniken has worked as an engineer and hydrologist (three projects at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation).

As of 2013[update], she lives in the Seattle area,[2] where she is the president and editor of the Floating Bridge Press, which focuses on publishing the creative works of Washington State poets.

[7] She is also the president of a nonprofit media arts studio and cultural center known as Jack Straw Foundation.