The Story.

My professional career began in placemaking, where I used design research, storytelling, user-centered design, and creative problem-solving to shape public plazas, trail and greenway corridors, park master plans, and new community developments. Those early years taught me that great design starts with empathy — understanding how people move, connect, and experience the world around them.

From placemaking, I carried that same curiosity for human behavior into product management at a bioplastics start-up, applying my background in sustainability and systems thinking to bring innovative, eco-conscious materials to market.

That path eventually led me into the nonprofit world, where I served as a Regional Co-Founder and Project Manager for a national organization building learning gardens and outdoor classrooms in underserved schools. There, design became a vehicle for education and equity — helping children connect to real food, their environment, and each other.

Today, I work in the global manufacturing space as a Business Developer and Product Manager, bridging design thinking and operations to create scalable solutions that meet both human and business needs.

While my degree in Landscape Architecture planted the creative problem-solving seed, nearly two decades of diverse experience have helped me cultivate it — fine-tuning my ability to navigate complexity, connect systems and people, and design meaningful solutions that move ideas from concept to completion.