About

I am a community worker, educator, and artist exploring the role of third places and the arts in building economically just communities. My work has spanned STEAM museums, youth development non-profits, self-help housing centers, and Title I schools.

More broadly, my life mission is to scale moments of curiosity and creative empowerment. I believe that hope is the hammer that breaks the emergency glass, and that radical change can come from individuals before it comes from systems.

Proof of Work

• Ed.M. @ Harvard Graduate School of Education | Learning, Design, Innovation, + Technology; Arts + Learning Concentration (2024)

• B.A.s @ Carleton College | Psychology + English (2019)

• Fellow | Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, City of Boston (2024)

• Leadership in Education Fellow | Harvard Graduate School of Education (2023)

• Equity and Inclusion Fellow | Harvard Graduate School of Education (2023)

• Graduate Student Teacher | Harvard Art Museums (2023)

• AmeriCorps Program Coordinator | 18 Reasons (2022)

• Floor Staff Supervisor | MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation (2021)

• English Teaching Assistant | Fulbright Korea (2020)

Proof of Life

I am more like a rhizome than a taproot! My interests are ever-changing, but right now they include:

• Concept dinner parties (e.g., ancient foods, murder mysteries)

• Children’s books as ethical texts

• Art that is mostly ideas (e.g., Katie Paterson, Wheatfield - A Confrontation)

• The experimental policies of Antanas Mockus, former mayor of Bogotá (traffic mimes!)

• Visiting a good chunk of the 63 National Parks

• 17th century haikus (e.g., Kobayashi Issa, Matsuo Bashō)