Creative leader with over a decade of experience directing visual strategy for complex organizational challenges.

Current

  • Creative Direction Freelancer
  • Visiting Professor, Pratt Institute, MFA Transformation Design and Visual Language, MS Design Ethics and Practice

Previous

  • Senior Designer, Open Society Foundations
  • Visual and UX Design Freelancer, clients included Care, Rock the Vote, and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • Designer, RIOgaleão International Airport

Education

  • MFA in Communications Design, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
  • BA in Psychology, Clark University, Worcester, MA

Select Work

Pratt Institute

Design Ethics and Practice Course

Developed and taught a graduate course in Design Ethics and Practice that guided students through human-centered research methodologies and Design Justice principles, culminating in collaborative publication as ethical practice. The course emphasized community engagement, participatory co-design, and critical examination of how design decisions impact environmental, social, and cultural equity.

Open Society Foundations

Narrative Social Media Design

Developed storytelling frameworks for social media campaigns highlighting individual voices and community impact. Created visual systems that amplified personal narratives while maintaining brand consistency across diverse cultural contexts.

Open Society Foundations

COVID-19 Campaign

Led design strategy for global transparency campaign showcasing foundation emergency investments during pandemic. Created scalable social media templates that made complex funding data accessible across multiple countries.

Open Society Foundations

Justice Rising Awards

Developed complete visual identity and branding system for annual awards program celebrating justice advocates globally. Led creative direction from concept through implementation across digital and print materials.

Open Society Foundations

Publication Design

Led publication design strategy balancing brand consistency with regional expression needs. Developed flexible design systems enabling stakeholders across 30+ offices to create culturally relevant content while maintaining organizational standards through iterative collaboration process.

Open Society Foundations

Ukraine Crisis Response Campaign

Led emergency design response for Ukraine crisis communications. Created scalable visual frameworks enabling real-time content deployment while maintaining cultural sensitivity during humanitarian crisis.

Crafts
Beyond my professional design work, I find joy and inspiration in tactile creation. These personal projects in pottery, cooking, knitting, and sewing inform my design practice through materiality, patience, and the satisfaction of making something from scratch. These pursuits remind me that good design, like good craft, requires both technical skill and intuitive understanding of materials and human needs.
Pickled red onions with bay leaves and lemon slices in glass container.
Tofu in brown sauce topped with sesame seeds and green onions on gridded background.
Handmade earrings with terracotta beads and purple-blue checkered comb-shaped pendants.
Display of ceramics, pink lilies in terracotta vase, stacked books including 'Cyberfeminism Index' on patterned surface.
Round artisanal bread loaf with flour dusting and scoring marks on a pink background.
Fresh pasta sheets folded into ribbons on gray surface.
Coral and mint crescent-shaped earrings with gold hoops on pink surface.
Ceramic ribbed cup with illustrated teal flower stems rising from it against blue background.
Bowl of pasta with clams and herbs viewed from above on striped surface.