National Science Foundation VITAL Prize for Educational Innovation Finalist supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Walton Family Foundation, and Schmidt Futures.MindsEmerge is a behavioral design social enterprise leveraging the science of early brain development to build effective, play-based educational tools. We co-design cutting-edge, screen-free, hands-on learning experiences that support critical development in early childhood. We build AI-guided educational solutions that individualize and scaffold language and literacy learning, strengthen social-emotional development, and promote the earlier identification of autism and dyslexia.

Behavioral design consultancy driving innovation in education, human services, and healthcare

Designed educational curricula for master’s and doctoral students to support their teaching of undergraduates. Led evidence-based workshops for graduate students at the University of Michigan.

Instructor for Psychology 477: Psychopathology of Childhood and Adolescence, an upper-level psychology course, in cooperation with the Chair of Clinical Psychology. Guest Lecturer for Education 391: Educational Psychology and Human Development.

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics consultant for children presenting with neurodevelopmental delays and psychiatric disorders such as ASD, OCD, ADD, ADHD, ODD, GAD. Developed innovative behavioral implementation of established DIR intervention to bolster treatment integrity.

Supervised staff of ABA therapists, ensured individualized programming was developmentally appropriate and socially relevant, and that employed, research-based intervention methodologies were implemented with integrity.