Education

· Master of Design, Interaction Design, Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECU), 2019-2021

· Bachelor of Design, Interaction Design, Emily Carr University of Art and Design (ECU), 2016-2019

· Bachelor of Kinesiology, Interdisciplinary Stream, University of British Columbia (UBC), 2007-2012

PRACTICE

· Product designer, Europeana Foundation, 2022-present

· Research and design lead, Countable Web Productions, 2017-2022

· Research assistant, Garnet Hertz (Canada Research Chair), ECU, 2021

· Research assistant, Place-Based Responsibility Research Project, ECU, 2021

· Research assistant, DESIS Lab Circular Solutions Digital Supercluster Project, ECU, 2020

· Research assistant, Health Design Lab Pharmacogenetics Digital Supercluster Project, ECU, 2019

· Student research fellow, ECU x Microsoft’s Envisioning a Meta OS Project, 2019

· Studio assistant, Douglas Coupland Studio, 2016-2018

· Design and production, Davie & Chiyo, 2016-2017

· Designer, lead fabricator and tool instructor, MakerLabs, 2014-2016

TEACHING

· Guest instructor, Social Practice and Community Engagement, ECU, 2021

· Teaching fellow, BDes Interaction Design (3rd year Core Studio), ECU, 2020

· Teaching assistant, BDes Interaction Design (Making Data Interactive), ECU, 2020

PAPERS / PANELS

· Paper presenter, “Place-based Improvisations: Exploring a Sonic Approach to Ecological Coexistence,” Swiss Design Network, Zurich 2022

· Paper presenter, “Nested Bodies (or A Small and Careful Spoonful),” Design Research Society’s Pivot Conference, Toronto 2021

· Paper presenter, “Reinforcing Networks of Place-Based Care and Resilience,” Cumulus Conference, Roma 2021

· Master thesis, “Nested Bodies: Fermentation as Embodied Praxis,” Emily Carr University of Art and Design, 2021

· Panellist, “Innovation in Research Creation in Art and Design,” Canadian Association for Graduate Studies Virtual Symposium, 2021

· Workshop presenter, “Practising Place-Based Responsibility,” Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD) Virtual Symposium, 2020

· Roundtable advisor, BC Tech Conference, 2019

Other Publications

· Open digital publication, “Micro-Care: Small Acts of Resilience for Living within the Earth’s Carrying Capacity,” Libby Leshgold Gallery’s Publishing the Present, 2020

Grants / FUNDING

· DESIS Place-Based Grad Collective fund, 2021

· Ian Gillespie Research Grant, 2020

· Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master's Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, 2020

· ECU Graduate Studies Entrance Scholarship, 2019

· DESIS (ECU) Undergraduate Scholarship, 2019

· UBC Undergraduate Entrance Scholarship, 2007

· BC Achievement Scholarship, 2007