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.
Writing
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
Miami University, Ohio
Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, May 2011
Experience
Design Research Lead
Workforce Experience Designer
Design Research + Strategy Lead
Design Research + Service Design Consultant
BUILD Fellow
Design Strategist Intern
Design Research Consultant
Design Consultant
Architectural Designer
Teaching Assistant
Project Assistant
Architectural Intern
Design + Marketing
Assistant
Intern
Intern
The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
UWM Community Design Solutions
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
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