I’m a writer and strategist with 15+ years experience and a background in acting, screenwriting, makeup artistry, and events.

Burnt out from decades working several jobs to support my artistic career, I spent a couple years looking for work that would be creative, challenging, strategic, and meaningful. In the beginning of 2018, a close friend sent me a job description for a UX researcher with a note saying, "I think you’d be really good at this" and I knew instantly it was everything I'd been looking for.

Coincidentally, my education into UX happened at the same time I was learning about complex PTSD (CPTSD). Everywhere I looked, I could see how experiences were causing harm – from exclusion through identity and accessibility, to ways in which digital tools could be used to perpetrate abuse. 

I said to a trusted advisor, “why don’t people talk about trauma-informed design?” 

And she said, “Why don’t you?

More than anything, I want to help create experiences that make all people feel seen, heard, and safe.