I’m a designer by trade and a maker by passion. I love to build things from the ground up.

I started young, with my first “business” at age seven selling knitted cat toys on consignment. By ten I had moved on to bigger and better things, and was selling handmade jewelry in the park. I’ve continued to create, build, and learn ever since.

I began my design career in art direction at SelectWorld, working on beauty clients in NYC. I enjoyed the work, but the industry didn’t align with my values.

After a couple of years volunteering and working abroad, I landed what turned into a dream job as the first designer at Instructables, a project sharing do-it-yourself website. I worked there for 9 years, and designed everything needed for the brand, from end to end digital product design to creative direction on the brand. It was a wonderful experience not only as a designer, but as a maker through the creative community and workshop at Autodesk, who acquired the brand in 2010. My Instructables projects have been featured in Make and Wired magazines, as well as Buzzfeed, Laughing Squid, Jezebel, and many other online channels.

I left Instructables at the beginning of 2020 to take some time to make things in real life, not knowing the roller coaster ahead. I have since been consumed by the question of how we can evolve design practice across sectors to be more sustainable in the face of the climate crisis. I’ve since transitioned to the climate sector following a fellowship with Climatebase.

My work is currently at the intersection of design, climate, and education. I’m a co-founder at Climate Designers, working to empower designers to take climate action at work. I do everything it takes to run a scrappy non-profit as well as writing our monthly newsletter and curating our resource library. I also do freelance design work with climate and impact clients including a mix of brand strategy, graphic design, and product design.

My hands-on creative practice has evolved to focus on circular design principles and I use natural and reclaimed materials whenever possible. I’m passionate about repair, love to upcycle, and believe in art as a powerful tool for activism. I teach mending workshops and support a number of local groups as a mending coach.

If you’d like to work together, get in touch.

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Photo credit:  David Kaplan

2025

Threads of Change Sustainable Fashion Exhibition
Exhibition recap and highlights
April 2025 at HumanMade, SF CA

Startup Art Faire
April 2025 at Hotel Del Sol, SF CA

2024

SGVCC Climate Fest 2024
April 2024 at SGVCC, San Geronimo CA

Borrowed from the Soil: A Farm-to-Closet Design Exhibition
About the exhibition and the Fibershed Design Challenge
March 2024 at Buddha Barn, Pt Reyes CA

2015

Silicon Valley Fashion Week
May 2015 at the Chapel, SF CA

2014

Wearable Technology on the Runway
April 2014 at the Exploratorium, SF CA