Who I am

My professional journey spans continents and industries connected by a simple theme: I view research and design as a process to improve people’s lives.

I am driven by:

  • Serving others

  • Engaging with different cultures

  • Learning and improving

  • Building community, especially through music, dance, and art

  • Crafting memorable experiences, from everyday moments to once-in-a-lifetime events

  • Focusing on impact; I live by what Maya Angelou wrote: ”People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Professional strengths

  • Empathizing through discovery


  • Integrating business and user perspectives

  • Driving vision and strategy


  • Communicating essence

  • Innovating continuously

blonde braids smiling and holding a pair of solar eclipse glasses in a park with other people hanging out or walking around

Chasing the April 2024 solar eclipse

Expert-informed, human-centered research and design methods

“If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.”
- Henry Ford

I balance expertise from subject matter experts, real-world user data, business knowledge, and technical perspectives to drive continuous improvement