During my time with the NYC Mayor’s Office, I worked on Growing Up NYC. I helped expand it from a service for parents of small children to a service for young adults. In order to make this happen I talked with and co-designed with young people ages 15-24+. I learned about their perspectives on finances, mental health and exploring what NYC has to offer.
Read MoreI like building concepts to test ideas. One concept I built was around how seating tags could be a tool for employee connection.
Read MoreOne of my first life memories is picking strawberries with my mom. Since that amazing discovery that wonderful edible things can grow from the earth, I’ve been fascinated with learning how to tend for plants.
Read MoreThis Winter, I worked closely with IDEO CoLab staff, academic fellows and corporate fellows on design briefs that involved emerging tech (Blockchain, Machine Learning, AR, VR, etc).
Read MoreWhen building a prototype; I don't start with an answer. I start with questions. "What do I want to learn?", "What are my assumptions?" and what are the ways I can get from "I don't know" to "Here is what I know now". When I prototype, I'm building a story and then inviting people into that story to reshape it.
Read MoreI was chosen out of a pool of 100+ applicants to participate in a one day makeathon with IDEO CoLab. I traveled to IDEO CoLab’s location in Cambridge, MA. My team and I were given the challenge to create a digital wallet that could be applied to a human need.
Read MoreFor my thank you card project, my lettering process began on paper.
Read MoreI had a great time at Frog Design’s Portfolio Jam.
Read MoreSharing New York City's Meatpacking district
Read MoreAs a creative community, the design community should reflect a diversity of people and ideas.
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