What I’m Building
Through my independent practice, I’m exploring how to support civic imagination, community-based storytelling, and relational design for a more connected future.What I believe
I believe care is infrastructure. That imagination is strategy. That healing and systems change aren’t separate —
but inseparable.
What I’m Doing Now
As a human-centered designer and narrative strategist, I help transform insight into action—through workshops, frameworks, and participatory design with organizations and communities.A Journey Rooted in Care and Complexity
From trauma research to learning ecosystems, my path has spanned global policy, wellbeing, and social innovation. I collaborate across disciplines to make complexity feel actionable.Rooted in research. Moved by meaning.
Guided by systems of belonging.
From Neuroscience to Systems Change
The question that has always driven me:
What helps people — and communities — truly flourish? What began as an academic fascination with the brain soon expanded into a systems-level inquiry into belonging, healing, and change.Personal Principles
Imagination as Praxis — I believe imagination is not a luxury, but a tool for systemic and personal transformation.
Intergenerational Wisdom — I root my work in honoring what came before and designing for what comes after.
Relational Infrastructure — I believe the quality of our systems depends on the quality of our relationships.
Complexity is a Feature, Not a Flaw — I design with—not around—complex systems.
Recognition & Collaborations
If you are interested in an updated CV, please feel free to send me an email.
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Social Innovation & Public Service Award – Georgetown University
Royden B. Davis Fellowship – College of Arts & Sciences, Georgetown University
Georgetown University Impacts Fellowship – Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation
Improving the Human Condition Grant – Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
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Georgetown University Press — “The Journey Framework: Healing and Rehumanizing Systems” (Co-author, forthcoming Fall 2025)
PLOS Digital Health — “The digital crossroads: Media literacy and the future of youth online” (Lead Author)
Thred Media — “Is Gen Z Too Emotionally Literate to Feel?”
TimeLeft — “Why It’s Easier to Joke About the Apocalypse Than Imagine a Better Community”
Network of Wellbeing —“Ecological Belonging: Reweaving Ourselves, Each Other, and the Natural World”
ADVANCE Journal (OSU) — “Transforming Higher Education” (Co-author)
The Journey Framework: Healing and Rehumanizing Systems — Georgetown University Press (Co-author, forthcoming Fall 2025)
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Guest Lecturer — Georgetown University, Bearing Witness course (2023)
Speaker — The Gathering (The Wellbeing Project, 2024)
Facilitator & Designer — ReThink Citizen Youth Innovators Fellowship (2025)
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Institutional & Academic Collaborations
The Wellbeing Project
Red House at Georgetown University
Civic & Storytelling Initiatives
Made By Us (Smithsonian Affiliate) — civic imagination through public programming
Democracy 2076 — futures-focused civic dialogue and foresight
Education & Youth Engagement
Early Years Leadership Diversity Initiative — equity-centered leadership in early childhood
ReThink Citizen — youth innovation and systems learning
Social Connection & Wellbeing Platforms
Foundation for Social Connection — intergenerational trust and belonging
HoyaWell (implied among prior projects) — student wellbeing initiatives
Akazi Kanoze Access — youth employability tools in education systems
Brio — community-based mental health solutions through school-based programming in India
Narrative & Media-Based Work
TimeLeft — storytelling on civic hope and social connectionItem description
Brio — designing narrative strategy for global mental health non profit