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We believe people of all ages deserve FUN and EASY ways to learn how American government works, starting in their local communities. Forward Labs helps nonprofits, cities and civic institutions leverage game design to advance civic learning and participation.Check out our alpha platform at www.joinforward.org - now live in Wisconsin!

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

iCivics creates civics and history curriculum used by 145,000 educators and 9 million students annually. I work with our community and staff to maximize the usability of iCivics resources and imagine new ways to meet the ever-changing needs of teachers, students, and districts.• Identify problem spaces and develop hypotheses to test, learn and iterate solutions that support growth metrics and product strategy.• Serve as business owner for a range of technical projects. Manage operational projects and processes that integrate product, platform, and technology needs and serve as a bridge for communication between the product and technology teams. • Manage the development of design systems and processes to efficiently produce brand-aligned graphics and media across the organization.• Identify and stay current with industry trends in edtech and civic education and communicate these trends to internal stakeholders

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

• Co-designed and facilitated iCivics's first user research program, the Design Squad, a design thinking workshop series conducted with 40+ civics educators across the country. I led a team for four in: - Facilitating virtual workshops - Conducting interviews and surveys - Documenting and coding observations.• Collaborated with a team of eight engineers to migrate the iCivics.org website from Drupal 7 to Drupal 9 and implement a search upgrade. My work included included: - Conducting user interviews and surveys - Working with stakeholders throughout the organization to prioritize new features - Drafting high-fidelity mockups in Adobe XD - Designing, testing, and implementing a new site taxonomy - JIRA administration, backlog prioritization, and support with sprint planning • Building, administering, and training team on Airtable systems for cross-platform content management

Boston, Ma, Us

Teaching Foundations in Civic Media, a core course in the Media Design graduate program housed in Emerson’s Engagement Lab.

• Developed and facilitated digital organizing trainings for our team of 50+ field organizers, including introductions to organizing with Facebook and Twitter• Remotely trained and managed a team of five full-time digital organizers• Built a relational organizing program to coordinate volunteer outreach across more than 400 online communities• Designed digital campaigns, including graphic design and video production; my top viral post had a total reach of 299,588 with 59,201 engagements.

Cambridge, Ma, Us

• Co-designed and facilitated the Teaching Systems Lab's first INSPIRE program, a national fellowship for collaborative research on practice-based teaching.• Collaborated with a team of six designers to develop and test Eliciting Learner Knowledge (ELK), a card game designed to help pre-service teachers practice the skill of asking questions to better understand their student's existing knowledge of the world.• Conducted a literature review on Networked Improvement CommunitiesI held this 20 hour/week research assistantship at the MIT Teaching Systems Lab as part of my participation in the Comparative Media Studies Master's program at MIT.

In my consulting and independent work at ChangeX, I explored how games and social impact projects can play a role in motivating the types of learning that will be most relevant for 21st-century jobs. After conducting initial user research as part of the 4.0 Schools Accelerator program in November 2014, I ran a series of experiments to explore scalable approaches for teaching in-demand design and technology skills with a focus on civic innovation, social impact, and community-oriented problem-solving. This work was driven by a desire to promote more sustainable and scalable access the types of experiences we'd been creating at my previous company, IDEAco.Projects:• Organized and ran San Francisco's first youth civic hackathon in partnership with Tech Shop SF• Built OpX, a gamified platform for connecting students with informal learning opportunities• Developed and ran a 10-week civic innovation program for 32 teens with the SF Public Library• Developed and ran a technical skill-building competition for teens with the SF Public Library• Helped Facing History and Ourselves design and facilitate their first youth civic hackathon• Conducted user research and community design jams to reimagine high school for Oakland, CA• Pitched ChangeMaker Academy in The Mind Trust's School Design Competition• Taught a 2-week civic innovation courses for Summit Public High School• Organized the Educator Night at the Autodesk BUILD Space event, Jan. '17Partners & Clients:• Danish Gymnasium secondary school system• San Francisco Public Library• Tech Shop• Summit Public Schools• The Mind Trust• Facing History and Ourselves

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Worked with the Education, Marketing and AEC teams to develop tools and experiences that assist K-12 teachers in bringing maker education to their students. My primary projects during my time with Autodesk were developing and designing the Maker Program Starter Kit and the Principles of Design Thinking Course, now available on Udemy.

Mountain View , California , Us

• Designed and built the GSP15 interactive web experience• Assessed and restructured communication systems for the quickly-growing Digital Media and Video teams• UX design and proposal for a Singularity HUB redesign• Wordpress management for the SU Video Portal on Singularity HUB• Managed digital media assets and portals for the Singularity HUB team• Interviewed faculty for in-house video production team

IDEAco helped students create and learn with other kids around the world using design thinking and 3D technologies. I helped launch IDEAco in 2012 as the leader of our flagship curriculum, the City X Project. Other roles I took on as part of this 3-person nonprofit included partnership development, K12 curriculum design, program management, and video production. Although funding challenges led us to close IDEAco in 2014, the City X Project has continued to grow and has now been used by thousands of educators in more than 75 countries. • Raised over $120,000 in corporate sponsorship for the development of The City X Project Toolkit• Designed and co-facilitated the 5-week Exponential Youth Camp at Singularity University, '13 & '14• Developed and wrote The City X Project design curriculum for 8-12-year-old students• Facilitated City X Project workshops in Lebanon, Hungary and throughout the US• Developed and ran professional development workshops for K-12 educators• Facilitated design thinking programs with child migrants on the Texas-Mexico border• Produced, directed and edited promotional videos for IDEAco projects

Clients included:• Life Productions, a promotional video production company focused on nonprofits in Milwaukee, WI• Yoav Potash, director of the feature documentary Crime After Crime• The World Bank, video series on BOP market opportunities• Center for the Greater Good• Women2.0• James Wood, director of the short documentary Where Words Leave Off• Also built websites for individuals (in the days before Squarespace and Weebly)

Campbell, Ca, Us

Taught videogame design and graphic design to children aged 7-15 in an 8am-5pm classroom setting.

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Photography, video production, graphic design and social media strategy within the Media and Outreach Department; also taught adaptive skiing, water-skiing and climbing for people with disabilities.

Chicago, Il, Us

Designed course curriculum and taught filmmaking and editing techniques to students in grades 6-12.

I founded Teens Tackling Cancer when I was a sophomore in high school, shortly after completing my second round of chemotherapy. The organization provided support and networking opportunities for teenage cancer patients and survivors in Wisconsin and Illinois. We closed TTC in 2008 after many of our original members began to move away from the Midwest for college and work.Responsibilities included:• Developed the mission and built a Board of Directors• Wrote a business plan and bylaws• Recruited pro bono legal services to help incorporate the organization as a 501(c)3 nonprofit• Organized marketing & recruitment campaigns with hospitals throughout the Midwest• Grantwriting; successfully received first $10,000 grant at the age of 18• Fiscal management of accounts and assets• Program development and event production for members• Solicited in-kind donations from local business to support member activities• Produced, directed and edited a feature-length documentary for teenage survivors that was distributed to hospitals throughout the US and UK.

Madison, Wi, Us

Technology education for students, particularly in Microsoft Office and Adobe Creative Suite, as well as supervision and upkeep of university computer labs.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Supported the development team in event production and fundraising outreach.

Master'S Degree, Comparative Media Studies

Bs, Communication Arts

Graduate Studies Program, Exponential Technologies