Recent Work

I pride myself in being a design generalist. Over the past decade, I’ve collaborated with several teams to build various programs, experiences, and tools in response to different challenges.

 

Giga

Building an initiative connecting every school to the Internet and every young person to information, opportunity, and choice

UNICEF Innovation Fund

Mentoring early stage, open-source digital public goods with the potential to impact children on a global scale

Digital Innovations for WASH BOOTCAMP

Fast-tracking digital innovations that will improve access to safe, clean, affordable water in urban areas

Healthy Materials Lab

Creating a theory of change to build awareness of toxics in the affordable housing industry

 
 

Explorations

I am interested in pushing the boundaries of design research, developing experimental prototyping methods, and adopting participatory approaches to better respond to complex problems.

 

Sparks Laboratory

Gathering designers, technologists, theorists, scientists and policymakers into spaces for future thinking

Unstucky

Reinforcing growth mindset and effective effort in children through an engaging, play-based micro-curriculum

Translocal tomorrows

Co-creating capacity-building strategies that enable Hmong American youth leaders to address community issues

The Hive

Allowing space for moments to happen for patients and their loved ones in America’s end-of-life process