About Me
I am a design researcher and service designer adapting human-centered design methodologies to uncover insights about people in context. My approach to design is grounded in research and systems thinking in order to connect innovation initiatives to organizational and community goals. I design across multiple scales to deliver collaborative solutions that address complex challenges.
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Education
The Institute of Design
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
Master of Design, May 2020
The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Master of Architecture, May 2015
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Miami University, Ohio
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, May 2011

Experience
Design Research Lead
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Workforce Experience Designer
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Design Research + Strategy Lead
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Design Research + Service Design Consultant
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BUILD Fellow
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Design Strategist Intern
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Design Research Consultant
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Design Consultant
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Architectural Designer
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Teaching Assistant
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Project Assistant
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Architectural Intern
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Design + Marketing
Assistant
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Intern
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The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
UWM Community Design Solutions
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The Los Angeles Department of City Planning
(Previously Building Cleveland by Design and ParkWorks)
Skills
+ Human-Centered Design
+ Familiarity with Equity-Centered Design
+ Systems Thinking
+ Qualitative + Ethnographic Research
+ Translating Insights into Recommendations
+ Facilitation + Co-design
+ Community / Stakeholder Engagement
+ Prototyping
+ Implementation
+ Diagramming + Modeling Complexity
+ Project Management
Honors
Selected as a Talent for UNLEASH Innovation Lab
Sustainable Development Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure track
Shenzhen, China, 2019
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Merit Scholarship
Institute of Design, 2018 - 2020
Urban Edge Prize
Travel Grant recipient, India, Winter 2015
SUPERjury Merit Prize
Outstanding studio project selected, Spring 2015
Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2013-2014