I am a connector of dots and outside-the-box thinker, who believes in a bias towards action, building to think, and that you can truly prototype anything. I am an expert at guiding teams through the messy design innovation process and tailoring methods for each unique challenge.

Since 2020, I have served as a Senior Instructor for human-centered design thinking training for the LUMA Institute. During 2018-2019, I served as a Design Innovation Fellow at the SUTD-MIT International Design Centre in Singapore, where I developed tools to support designers, led design innovation trainings for companies, and consulted and co-created with organizations. During 2017, I served as a Design Research Fellow in the Centre for Design Innovation in Melbourne, Australia.

I earned my Ph.D. in the field of Design Theory and Methodology around the topic of prototyping strategies. I have my M.S. in Product Design Engineering and B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.

I am passionate about using design to solve complex problems. In 2015, I founded the Design for America studio at CU Boulder, which trains students to use design innovation for social good. Over the last 8 years, I have led or consulted on numerous projects ranging from developing toys to increase social-emotional competencies in children with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; to working on telemedicine healthcare system in rural Kenya; to partnering with Desklight Learning to create more equity in education with the Dell Scholars Foundation; to building entrepreneurial pathways for students through the Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative; to implementing future transportation systems in Singapore with URA and LTA. I truly believe that you can apply innovative strategies to any challenge regardless of the industry - from health care to education to transportation and beyond.

Outside of work, I enjoy traveling, hiking and skiing in the mountains, experimenting with new foods/drinks like kombucha and sourdough bread - yay fermentation!, challenging myself to complete my annual Goodreads reading goal 36 books in 2021, and writing about topics that inspire me on @medium like the need for universal design literacy.