Expertise and Interests

• Object design on various scales

• Iterative making / Prototyping

• Multi-disciplinary and community collaborations

• Project visioning, organization, management, and follow-through

• Design / Creative workshop development

• Participatory fabrication and making

• Clothing design

Much of my work is realized through the invaluable involvement, commitment, and partnership of collaborators.

Accomplishments / Accolades

PUBLICATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS

“Dress” and “Clock” works shown as part of Leroy Street Studio Architect’s A Studio of Makers Exhibit, Spring 2019

Leroy Street Studio Paths to Pier 42 published in Resilience for All: Striving for Equity through Community-Driven Design by Barbara Brown Wilson, 2018

Graduate work selected for UTSOA ISSUE 008 publication, Spring 2012 and UTSOA ISSUE 007 publication, Spring 2011

SkB Architects project for PopCap Games published in Interior Design Magazine, Issue 5, May 2012 

Photography published in Aggieland 2006, Texas A&M University yearbook

Undergraduate work selected for TAMU B.E.D. Archive publication and show, Spring 2005, Fall 2003, and Fall 2002

Headline photo published in The Battalion, Texas A&M University newspaper, 2005

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

2021 AIA NY Speed Presentations Edition 12, “Reflection/Inflection,” New York City, NY; Presenting work for Leroy Street Studio on Curbside Dining Pavilions project

2016 Structures for Inclusion, “Panel 5, Activist Architecture Firms,” Raleigh, NC; Co-presenting work for Leroy Street Studio on Pier 42 project

2012 UT-Austin 3rd Annual Sustainability Symposium, Austin, TX; Presenting paper written for UT Safe Cycling Campaign

GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Recipient of University of Texas Austin Student Green Fee Grant, Fall 2011 - Fall 2012

Snell Foundation Grant, Fall 2011-Fall 2012

Texas A&M University Marshall Scholarship Nominee, Fall 2005

AWARDS

Design Excellence Award, University of Texas School of Architecture Vertical Studio, Fall 2010

Texas A&M University Dean’s list, Fall 2005-Spring 2006

Nomination for Outstanding Student Employee of the Semester Award, Texas A&M University, Spring 2005

Texas A&M University Cambodian Landmine Museum Project Recognition, Fall 2003

Designated “Distinguished Student,” fall semester 2002 at Texas A&M University

OTHER

Product Runway Pacific NW designer and competitor, Spring 2008

Seattle to Portland Ride finisher, Summer 2007