I’m a Design Thinker and Strategist for social impact.

Using Design for
Social Good

I chose to go into design to solve problems and make things better for people.

I embraced design research as a specialty because talking to and observing people establishes which problems to solve. Design thinking creates ground rules for how to solve them meaningfully.

Working at small start-up consultancies, however, limited projects to clients who sought us out and could pay our fees. Public interest design challenges were barely even possible as pro-bono projects.

As an involved community member—PTA president for a large, diverse public elementary school; committee member securing a new public swimming pool—I see more than ever how my skills and experiences can be used to address larger, social needs.

The public sector has every challenge that a consumer product company has, including understanding users, innovation and new product development, marketing, and adoption strategies.

This is where my passion lies.
Let’s put me to work!

Specialties

User Research

Design Strategy

Visual Thinking

Writing & Editing

Qualitative Analysis

Presentations

Leadership, Mentoring

Workshops