I design and facilitate learning experiences around considering sociocultural contexts and stakeholder relationships in design processes.

Through the Social Impact Lab, I led a multidisciplinary team to design a prototype of a Resource Hub to support Portland’s New Avenues for Youth (NAFY) and their mission to prevent youth houselessness and provide resources and skills for youth to lead healthy, productive lives.

I taught and facilitated workshops with the UM Ginsberg Center to prepare students and staff for equitable engagement with community partners across different departments, programs, courses, and initiatives.

I designed and facilitated a creative full-day workshop to foster collaboration between university researchers and utility professionals in Michigan’s drinking water industry and help find opportunities for innovation.

I led the design research for a 12-week deep dive into understanding how to improve collaboration between diverse stakeholders in Michigan’s drinking water industry.

I co-designed and facilitated a 2-part community workshop series with the Ann Arbor District Library to teach ideation and prototyping to 35 local families.

Over 3 years, I worked with an international team of professors and students in public health and economics to understand the health effects of informal electronic waste (e-waste) recycling in rural Thailand.

I led the research and development of a user-friendly, adjustable pediatric prosthetic socket for lower-limb amputees to provide more options for prosthesis comfort.