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People are the most interesting puzzle, and I've built a career trying to understand them. 

My work lives where human behavior meets digital experience. I'm drawn to projects that move society forward in ways that matter. I ask big questions, find the opportunities, and help product teams do their boldest, most innovative work.

Over the past decade I've worked with over 25 product teams including Microsoft, Penn Medicine, Airriva, Chēo AI, and NYC Public Schools. There are also more than ten city and state agencies, among them the NYC Department of Education and the Mayor's Office of Technology and Innovation.

That work has been recognized every year since 2015, including four Webby Honorees, Anthem Silver awards, and multiple W3, Davey and Communicator awards.

I hold an MFA from The University of the Arts, a BFA from Tyler School of Art + Architecture, IDEO's Design for Change certification and a Death Doula certification. My talks and writing range from human-computer interaction in museums (2015) to creativity, grief and green burial (2022 to present).

I live in Kingston, NY, with my partner and our two cats. Off the clock, you'll find me mid-house-project or somewhere deep in the woods.






PRODUCTS / CLIENTS_

Microsoft

Penn Medicine

Chēo Agentic AI App

Airriva

EnrollWise

Everytown USA

Harvard Global Health Institute

NYS Olympic Regional Development Authority

NYC Mayor’s Office of Technology and Innovation

NYC Department of Small Business Services

NYC Department of Education

NYC Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings

NYC Mayor's Office of Food Policy

NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity

Connecticut State Department of Education

NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

New York Blood Center

Buffalo Public Schools

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Oakland Unified School District

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund

The Rodin Museum

The Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Society for Neuroscience




    AWARDS_

    2024 - 2026
    • Edtech Awards - Enrollment and Admissions Solution (EnrollWise) - Both years
    • Anthem Awards Silver - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (WE NYC)
    • Anthem Community Voice Awards Finalist - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (WE NYC)

    2022 - 2023
    • Webby Awards Honoree - Learning & Education Software (EnrollWise, Oakland USD)
    • W3 Awards Gold and Silver - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (WE NYC); Schools & Universities (South Puget Sound Community College), Local Government (NYC Workforce Data Portal)
    • Summit International Award Gold - Government Website (NYC Workforce Data Portal)
    • Davey Awards Silver - Social Responsibility (Carnegie Corporation), Government (Workforce Data Portal), Schools & Universities (South Puget Sound), Social Good (State of Childhood Obesity)
    • Communicator Awards of Excellence - Education (EnrollWise, Oakland USD), Health & Wellness (NY Blood Center), Medical & Pharmaceutical (NY Blood Center), Non-Profit (NY Blood Center), Causes & Awareness (State of Childhood Obesity)
    • Web Excellence Awards - Diversity & Inclusion (WE NYC), Government (WE NYC), Education (EnrollWise, Oakland USD), E-Government (EnrollWise, Oakland USD)
    • Anthem Awards Silver - Education Innovation (MySchools NYC)

    2020 - 2021
    • W3 Awards Gold - Local Government (WE NYC, MySchools NYC), Web Applications/Services (MySchools NYC)
    • W3 Awards Silver - Non-Profit (Carnegie Corporation, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund), Local Government (Center for Justice Innovation), Environmental Awareness (Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund)
    • Webby Awards Honoree - Government & Civil Innovation (MySchools NYC)
    • Summit Creative Awards Silver - Government Websites (MySchools NYC)
    • Communicator Award of Distinction - Education (MySchools NYC)

    2015 - 2019
    • Webby Awards Honoree - Charitable Organizations (Carnegie Corporation)
    • Muse Award Gold - Education (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
    • The President's Award - Creative Entrepreneurship (University of the Arts)
    • Horizon Interactive Awards - Silver: Advocacy/Non-Profit (Genetic Alliance); Bronze: Mobile Apps, Health & Human Services (Genetic Alliance)
    CREDENTIALS_

    MFA
    The University of the Arts

    BFA
    Tyler School of Art + Architecture


    Design for Change Certification
    IDEO

    Death Doula Certification
    The International End of Life Doula Association



    TALKS, PUBLICATIONS, CURRICULA_

    Death by Data; regional demographics of burial rites and traditions
    2026

    Ereshkigal’s Garden
    2026

    Creativity + Grief

    2022 - 2025

    Everyone is an Artist
    2022 - 2025

    Designing Ecology at the End of Life: a Green Burial Guide
    2022 - 2025

    UX Thinking for Spatial Experiences
    Tyler School of Art + Architecture
    2022

    ‘The Social Museum: Human-Computer Interaction in Object-Oriented Spaces’
    2015

    ‘Sculp-ture’; made possible by the Temple University Dean’s Grant
    2013














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