I'm a community-centered designer with an appetite for systems thinking and communication design. Here's what I believe in:

 

Research to reframe.
Getting my hands dirty with research helps me map out the landscape of a situation, bring to light stakeholder perspectives, and reexamine what it is we're looking at: "What issues do we still need to uncover and explore?"

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Interdisciplinary collaboration.
We know that diversity of thought, experience, and expertise benefits problem-solving. This requires supportive means of communication that bridge efforts along the way, so that we can imagine, experiment and take meaningful risks together. I'm committed to using tools that promote innovative co-creation and build enduring relationships throughout the work.

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Thinking visually.
Tools like sketching, diagramming, system and journey mapping help to communicate ideas at every step of the design process—whether that's framing research, aligning perspectives, testing assumptions, imagining and planning for the future, prototyping those possibilities, or telling the story in a way that inspires appropriate action. 

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Elevating the unheard.
Designers are systems gatekeepers and must constantly practice the arts of active listening and challenging the status quo around and within us. We must hold ourselves and our work accountable in contributing to a more just and equitable world. With a rooted interest in spaces like education, human & ecological health and civic design, creating and protecting space for those harmed and unheard remains a top priority.