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Currently, I’m pursuing an M.S. in Integrated Design and Media at NYU, working with interactive new media, critical design theory, and mixed-methods research to investigate and re-imagine our collective relationship with technology. I work to carefully craft interactions and experiences that center respectful design, focusing on tools that afford control and agency. My design practice has been primarly oriented around building and strenghtening tools for nonprofits, public interest, and creators.
I’m super interested in resilient data infrastructures, cybercultural studies, participatory speculation, and designing humanity-centered technology.
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------ NYU LowPwrLab - Research Assistant
current
Oracle - Design Research Intern
Summer 2025
NYU Decolonizing Design - Research Assistant
Fall 2024 - Spring 2025
Georgia Tech Design, Ethnographic, and Artistic Research Lab - Research Assistant
Fall 2023 - Fall 2024
UrbanHeatATL - Designer
Summer 2022 - Fall 2024
Expedia Group - UX Design Intern
Summer 2023
Angels Among Us - Product Designer
Spring 2023
Hack4Impact - Director of Social Impact
Fall 2022 - Fall 2023
Games for Justice - Instructional Designer
Summer 2021
STEMulation Escape Room - Designer
Fall 2019 - Spring 2020
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Systems & Design Research
Ethnography
Program Development and Strategy
Workshop Facilitation
Curriculumn Development
Print Design
Lightweight Web Design
Service Design
Brand Design
Speculative Design
EDUCATION
------New York University
M.S. in Integrated Design and Media
Georgia Tech
B.S. in Computational Media
Concentration in Human-Computer Interaction
School for Poetic Computation
Reading Past, Writing Futures Speculative Fiction Class