Not just how something looks — but how people understand it, feel about it, and act on it. I work upstream, before the brief is written, asking who needs this and why. Anthropology taught me to observe. Improv taught me to listen, stay agile, and find delight in the unexpected. The result is work that tends to both the detail and the whole — and occasionally surprises everyone, including me.
About my process. I make things to understand the world. While others think or write about it, I make about it. The physical act of making is how I think. I’m a visual thinker.
It's most fun when it's shared — built with others, in service of something larger. I'm interested in processes where many voices shape the outcome, and the result becomes more than the sum of its parts.
I'm drawn to the whole arc: listening until my assumptions fall away, shaping something honest from what I learn, and refining it until it's beautiful.
I work upstream with researchers to understand what they’re trying to do and why it matters. Informed by my background in anthropology and years of improv practice, my approach always begins with asking “who needs this, and why?” Improv has taught me to listen fully, build on what’s offered, and stay flexible when the direction shifts—skills that are especially helpful in complex systems. This methodology allows me to bring curiosity, openness, and when it serves the work, a spirit of play, to projects.
