I’m a strategist, organizer, and design leader.

I work on community development and civic engagement projects, things like affordable housing policy, social service coordination, and worker cooperatives.

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Right now I am…

• Leading the development of the Northampton Community Resilience Hub, a new downtown community center that aims to reduce the impacts of poverty and homelessness by coordinating multiple social services and public resources in one accessible location.

Most recently I have…

• Taught a course on design and social justice at UMass

• Led research on how design can advance racial justice

• Conducted a program evaluation for a community design fellowship

• Designed publications and infographics for a STEM-teacher coalition

• Produced conferences and webinars for community design practitioners

Before that, I…

• Co-founded and ran a design collective for civic dialogue in New Orleans for 6 years

• Designed policy briefs for community organizers

• Published case studies on public interest design firms and affordable housing projects

• Led research for a social impact design foundation