Contact me for any inquiries and/or to get my PDF portfolio! Check out my Resume, LinkedIn (where you can find links to publications I’ve been involved in), and Instagram.

I’m currently a freelance designer based in New York City. I also work as a Public Access Design Fellow with the Center for Urban Pedagogy and as a Graphic Design Intern for Doctors Without Borders/MSF People Management Unit.

In the past, I’ve worked in graphic design, exhibition design, communications, and journalism at organizations including IDEO, MGMT Design, Siegel + Gale, The American Museum of Natural History, the Santa Fe New Mexican Newspaper, and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

With support from the Maharam Fellowship, I spent the summer of 2019 working with Volunteers in Medicine and the New York Health Department to study and support health service practices in the U.S. as a response to medical coverage issues and community health needs.

I aim to utilize my communications skillset to make complicated subject matter clear and accessible. I am passionate about using graphic design and systems-thinking approaches to communicate complexities and to help people access and understand important services.

I received a BFA with honors from Rhode Island School of Design in Graphic Design with a concentration in Scientific Inquiry. I’m currently a MPH candidate at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public health with a certificate in Infectious Disease Epidemiology and a focus on health communications.

Stockists: Abiogensis Shop

Publications (About Me):

Publishing the Present: COVID-19 Action & Informative Design Series
—Wendy’s Subway (NYC), University of Art + Design, 2020

A Growing List of Resources for the Movement for Black Lives
— AIGA Eye on Design, 2020

Digi Postcards Shout Out
— AIGA Eye on Design, 2020

Resource Guide: Talking About Race
—WSOC-TV (NC News Station), 2020
—Pandemic Guide to protesting also published by Birdy Zine

“Joyous Obsession with Chairs“
— XYZ Magazine, 2019

The Dorner Prize: Draft Catalog
— XYZ Magazine, 2019

—IDEO Blog (illustrations for posts), 2019

“Spoonflower Gives Back” (re: textile production grant)
—Spoonflower, 2019

“Eight Logos for Trump’s Space Force, From Milton Glaser and More: We asked leading designers to brand the proposed agency”
— Bloomberg Businessweek (for MGMT. Design), 2018

“With RISD Food Lab, An Extracurricular Serving Food Design”
— Mold Magazine, 2018

Food Design Panel
— DesignxRI, 2018

Catalogue 5: STEAM
—STEAM, 2016

The Internet is For Digital Citizenship
—STEAM Stories, 2016

Rare Earth Exhibition
—Pasatiempo, 2013

Publications (By Me):

“On Immunity: Community Care and Historic Responses”
— A Fountain, 2020

“History of HIV/AIDS and Visual Culture”
— Maharam Fellows Blog, 2019

“Righting Wikipedia: Meet the People Working to Diversify Online History”
— Now Here This: Dreamland, 2018

“Communicating Through Taste and Text”
— The College Hill Independent, at Brown University, 2018

“Microbe Culture: A Conversation with Sandor Katz“
— The College Hill Independent, at Brown University, 2016

“The Grass Isn't Greener”
— The College Hill Independent, at Brown University, 2016

“Education, Understanding Keys to Curbing Heroin Use”
— The Santa Fe, New Mexicans, 2015

“Difficult Equation: Teaching Students to Love Math”
— The Santa Fe, New Mexicans, 2014

“Independent Cinemas Aim to Provide Moviegoers Unique Experiences”
— The Santa Fe, New Mexicans, 2014

“One Billion Rising Event Promotes Respect, Stopping Violence Against Women”
— The Santa Fe, New Mexicans, 2014

“Ghost Experts Explore Society’s Fascination with the Undead”
— The Santa Fe, New Mexicans, 2013

“On Mentorship”
— TedX Talk, 2014

Exhibitions:

Windows on the Future Installation: Vital Spaces x 516 Arts x the Paseo Project
— Albuquerque, NM, 2020

GROWTH: Space Us
— Boston, MA, 2020

Spring Cleaning, RISD Mailroom
— Providence, RI, 2019

The Chair Show: Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum
— Providence, RI, 2019

Endless Scroll, The Graphic Design: Woods Gerry Gallery
— Providence, RI, 2019

The Draft Catalog: RISD Museum
— Providence, RI, 2018

Graphic Design Triennial: Woods Gerry Gallery
— Providence, RI, 2018

LP01-Evil: RISD Design Center
— Providence, RI, 2018

Discover: A Conversation Between Art and Science: Brown University, STEAM Gallery
— Providence, RI, 2018

3ft. No Diving: Benson Hall Gallery
— Providence, RI, 2017

MESH: Waterman Gallery, Brown University Granoff Gallery
— Providence, RI, 2017

Persona: Human Centered Approaches: Brown University Science Center
— Providence, RI, 2016

BYOW: 2ND Life
— Providence, RI, 2016

Currents International New Media Festival
— Santa Fe, NM, 2016

Collision and Repair: Center for Contemporary Arts
— Santa Fe, NM, 2015

Photography: Youngarts
— Los Angeles, California, 2015

Axle Indoors: Peters Projects
— Santa Fe, NM, 2015

Royal Breadshow: Site Santa Fe
— Santa Fe, NM, 2014

Rare Earth: Red Dot Gallery
— Santa Fe, NM, 2013
International Symposium for the Electronic Arts (ISEA): Best Ideas to Increase Our Gross National Happiness
—Netherlands x New Mexico, 2012

Santa Fe Arts Institute
— Santa Fe, NM, 2012

PS I Love You: SCUBA
— Santa Fe, NM, 2012

Honors & Awards:

Public Access Design Fellow — Center for Urban Pedagogy, 2021

Maharam Fellowship, 2019

Spoonflower Student Grant, 2019

Dorner Prize — RISD Museum, 2018

Textron Charitable Trust, 2017

Book and Supplies Scholarship — ArtSmart, 2015

Photography Portfolio Award — Youngarts, 2015

Regional Scholar — Coca Cola Scholarship Foundation, 2015

Scholarship Recipient — University of Iowa International Writer's Workshop Summer Program,

Senator Pete Domenici Scholar — Los Alamos Employee Scholarship Fund, 2015

Art Recognition —
Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards, 2014

Earrings: Ghost of Saturn

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