Sanelli has earned a solid reputation in the literary and public-speaking community through a steady commitment to writing and through twenty years of successful public readings and presentations. She is the author of seven poetry collections and a recent book of essays, Falling Awake, selected as "one of the most fabulous 2008 Northwest titles" by Seattle writer/reviewer Lesley Thomas. Among Friends: A Memoir, is forthcoming in 2009 (Aequitas Books).

She is a regular columnist in City Living Magazine for Seattle's Pacific Publishing Newspapers, as well as for Art Access Magazine and The Peninsula Daily News. Her recent essay/columns have appeared on the OP-ED page of the Seattle Times and in the The Seattle Post Intelligencer, as well as in Seattle Metropolitan Magazine. She is a regular feature on KONP AM, KSER FM, and LadybugLive Radio, and her commentaries have been aired on Weekend Edition, NPR. She presents her staged reading of her book of the same name, The Immigrant's Table, throughout the country.

She also works as a dance instructor and choreographer. This training and performance experience enables her to present with skills that surpass the average author reading. She presents her work at corporate events, theaters, writing conferences & festivals, literary venues, colleges and universities, book clubs, and private events.