About Me
A Design Strategist with professional experience in organizational design, architectural and interior design, and product design both internally and externally for organizations ranging from startups to established multi-national corporations. Understanding the design implications on people, I engage with organizations throughout their transformation processes around innovation and design. I focus on design strategy while enjoy getting my hands dirty with production work when needed.
Recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Global Shaper and selected as an Impact Officer, I am committed to sustainability and inclusive community building. Community impact experiences include disaster relief onsite reconstruction, community engagement facilitation, DE&I conversation facilitation, and graphic design for non-profit organizations
I also love my dog, Butter, and spend the majority of my free time with her. :)
Speaking Engagements + Recognition
Speaker, Progressive CRM Leadership Conference, 2023
Speaker, Economist, Innovation @ Work Asia Conference, 2022
Co-Facilitator, Inclusive Workshops, DesignOps, Summit, 2020
Co-Facilitator, Inclusive Workshops, Distributed 2020, Miro Conference
Guest Lecturer, Glascow Caledonia University, Human Centered Design, 2019, 2020
HCD Workshop Facilitator, Penn Healthcare Innovation Challenge, 2020
Moderator, World Economic Forum and Orygen, Youth Mental Health Framework Panel, 2019
Presenter, Expanding your Professional Network, LMNOP NYC Inc. 2018
Guest Design Critic, University of Maryland School of Architecture, ARCH 260, 2012
Thought Leadership
Who Does the Future Workplace Experience Serve?, DesignMind, 2021
Who Does the Future Workplace Experience Serve? Zweig Management News Letter, 2021
What Does ‘Inclusion’ Mean in a Remote Gatherings? frogVoices, 2020
How to Accelerate Organizational Impact, Design Mind, 2020
What Leading CX Companies Still Aren’t Paying Attention To, Design Mind, 2020
Can a Company Innovate Forever, Zweig Management Newsletter, 2020
Can a Company Innovate Forever, Design Mind, 2020
Why the Cultural Fit Doesn’t Fit, Building Design and Construction Magazine, 2018
Perennial Power, Zweig Management Newsletter, 2017
Recognition
Grand Prize Winner, Choosing Love in the face of Hate, Petco Love Stories Contest, 2021
World Economic Forum Impact Officer, Global Shapers NYC, 2019-2020
Most Read Blog Post in 2017, Beyond Millenials, ideas+buildings.com, 2017
Third Place, Interschool Design Competition, National Building Museum, 2011
Education
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
M.B.A. Strategic Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
University of Maryland, College Park
Graduate Studies, Architecture
B.S. Architecture, Spanish Business Language and Culture
Certifications
U.S. Green Building Council
LEED AP O+M (2017 — Ongoing)
Renewal in 2021
Cornell University
Data Analytics Certificate (Completed 2018)
General Assembly
SQL Bootcamp (Completed 2017)
Impact
Hearts and Bones Rescue
New York, New York (2020 — Present)
Helped raise over $10,000 by illustrating pet portraits in exchange for donations.
Syrian Youth Empowerment
New York, New York (2018 — 2020)
Support Syrian high school students, refugees and those forcibly displaced, to access higher education by helping storytell through application essays.
Disaster Relied Volunteer
Tohoku Japan (2012 — 2014)
Volunteered in Northern Japan after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Collaborated with organizations including Habitat for Humanity, All Hands, It’s Not Just Mud.
Other
Long Distance Jogging
Half-Marathon PR: Atlantic City 2016, 1:58
Marathon PR: Richmond 2017, 4:46