My deepest passion lies in learning and exploring in order to connect people and ideas, so that we can inspire each other to courageously make the world a better place.
People like me help unravel complex problems. We break them down into small chunks. We research. We prototype. We often fail, go back to the drawing board, and try again and again until a usable design emerges that often drives large or small innovations for companies. Because nothing happens in a vacuum, it takes authentic human experiences and ideas to design veritable interactions and help groundbreaking ideas emerge, so I steal like all great artists from my own experiences interacting with and observing other brands, constantly learning, and allowing myself to move out of my comfort zone, always pushing for greater understanding. It's why some of my personal hobbies have always been traveling the globe, learning new languages, reading daily, and playing 18 years of competitive volleyball. I love being able to connect with people and connect dots, because it's through greater empathy and understanding that we can design and achieve an improved quality of life and planet.
We must look within to draw empathy for others. We must look outside ourselves to generate ideas, and we must view trials and errors as stepping stones to progress.
Proudest Accomplishment
Leading and designing a $2M experience based startup business full of Fortune 500 clients at age 28.
Experience Highlights
Helping an insurance client role out their new company vision statement
Led the workshop that helped the client inspire a new and empowering corporate culture.
Living in Europe
lived in spain and portugal for 5 months learning, exploring, improving, sharing, & ideating.
Reigniting the value proposition at the Hotel Monaco Chicago
i BROUGHT UP THE VALUE OF OUR OFFERING, IMPROVED BRAND IDENTITY, & THE REVENUE FOllowed.
Using design thinking to lead to innovation and drive strategy at Steelcase
WORKSPRING'S LEARNINGS & ITERATIONS IMPACTED STEELCASE'S STRATEGY & GENERATED NEW business models.
Running a startup in Workspring
HELPING PEOPLE HAVE THEIR BEST WORKDAY while learning & improving the biz was incredibly rewarding.
Causes
Heartland Alliance Teacher
Taught refugees and immigrants the basics on how to enter into the hospitality industry.
Citizens Climate Lobby Member
I aid communication with local businesses and congress to support changes to improve our planet.
Broad College of Business Mentor
I mentor 2 sophomores a year at my alma mater in business, career design, and transition.
Iterating on Workspring's slogan as we evolved
What Workspring helped clients achieve
Ideating in a Design Thinking model
Me leading an internal insights workshop
Analyze phase of innovation.
At Workspring, we created a whole studio dedicated to innovation!
