Hello! I am a designer, researcher, facilitator, and educator working for equity and social justice.
Design as Activism Symposium
I served as principal investigator and project lead for Design as Activism, a two-day public symposium held on Sept. 13-14, 2024. The symposium included a day-long activation across the city and a second day of speakers, conversations, and workshops at the Institute of Design at Illinois Tech. Participants included Chicago-based activists, design practitioners, scholars, commentators, and experts from diverse backgrounds.
Welcoming New Arrivals to Chicago
In spring 2024, I led a team of researchers at the Institute of Design who sought to frame the migrant “crisis” in Chicago through a design-led systems perspective. The project’s goal is to develop effective systems frameworks to help decision-makers and on-the-ground workers meet the needs of new arrivals while also addressing the overall well-being of everyone in our community.
Director of Academic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
As the Director of Academic Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Columbia College Chicago, I work “towards the structural transformation of the institution to reflect anti-racism in all of the ways we approach and reflect our scholarship, creative practices, and educational mission.”