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Arcata, Ca, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Leading design research efforts across educational products and services.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Leading generative and evaluative research efforts to bolster equitable Higher Education in STEM and early childhood language acquisition.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Designed corporate ethnography to improve Nuro:Partner integration alleviating friction and informing future business and product strategy Performed partner associate, end user, and accessibility usability hardware evaluations to improve HMI and define in-vehicle insert design Used methods- anthropometry, contextual inquiry, ergonomic evaluations, heuristic analysis, task analysis, surveys, and more- in robotic vehicle operations to inform hardware and software productsCodified field research tools and processes to upscale UXR data through storyboarded video and audio artifacts to advocate for users, compel stakeholders, and expedite synthesis

Seattle, Wa, Us

Used ethnographic probes, conducting contextual inquiry in-home to examine social dynamics, privacy, cloud architecture and hardwareCoordinated and conducted qualitative interviews to synthesize IOT use case data providing critical and ethical feedback on collected informationCo-authored two papers published in Society of Social Studies of Science and Association for Computer Machinery Human Computer Interaction

Seattle, Wa, Us

Worked on UX physical and digital products strategizing research and design. Service Design: explored, defined, and designed digital and physical touchpoints through the service design process. Used role-plays, interviewed experts, and other interview methods to drive designs.Physical Product: Explored, designed, down-selected, critiqued with SMEs and co-designed with kids and adults (remote and in-person) to create Stellar, the night light that connects users during the pandemicUI/Application: worked on agile team to create digital platform for commerce and community for families who are supporting someone with special needsService Design: homes of the future, creating a community garden center with digital and physical touchpoints connecting transitional age youth to education, employable skills, and food production processesApplication/UI: gamifying learning about and completing ecological missions to promote ecological education and stewardship

Concord, California, Us

Led PPNorCal through research and service design processes, partnering with CA Regional Centers to provide accessible healthcare and education Implemented mixed methods research within public and private education systems, securing multi-million dollar grant contractsCo-facilitated 6 year-long peer health educator cohorts producing multi-media artifacts via co-design research and design processes

Lakewood, Colorado, Us

Collaboratively designed and reported quantitative methods measuring duration, frequency, rate, ordinal and interval scaling, discrete trials, task analysis, and moreSupervised, trained, and evaluated mixed teams of applied researchers and family guardians to prove efficacy of methods resulting in a partnership with Humboldt County Office of EducationReported deliverables to stakeholders within medical, school, and familial settings to advocate for children and adults with special needs.

Lakewood, Colorado, Us

Implemented mixed methods, applied, single-subject based research protocols in-situ environments for moderate to severe ABA intervention: school, home, and community settingsInformed psychology research design: social, cognitive, motor skills, receptive and expressive language, theory of mind, behavioral extinguishmentInformed evidence-based curricula to CA standards: math, healthy relationships, reading comprehensionTools: Augmented communication devices- physical and digital

Mhci+D, Human Computer Interaction

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Biological Anthropology