Hello! Thanks for visiting my website.
I am most energized when I’m collaborating with others and using human-centered design methods to tackle the problems that matter. I am particularly interested in projects that encourage and facilitate civic engagement or that improve the public’s experience interacting with government.
Born in Germany, I lived in Iowa City, Boston, Basel, Switzerland, and New York City before finding my current home in Pittsburgh. I completed my graduate studies at SVA's MFA in Products of Design program in New York City, where I devoted my MFA thesis "Justice by All" to exploring ways to revitalize civic engagement in the judicial system. By applying a variety of design lenses, I reimagined current interactions between the public and the American criminal justice system and invented new ones.
From 2018 until 2025, I worked as a UX researcher and designer and product design supervisor at 18F, an office within the federal government dedicated to improving the user experience of government. 18F was a team of designers, software engineers, strategists, and product managers within the General Services Administration collaborating with other agencies to fix technical problems, build products, and improve public service through technology. While there, I worked with inspiring public servants at the United States Air Force, the Food and Nutrition Service, the Election Assistance Commission, vote.gov, and many more. Our work was cut short by an overnight Reduction in Force that eliminated 18F. The work and spirit lives on at 18f.org thanks to the efforts of my talented and dedicated former colleagues.
In my capacity as a freelance design consultant, I take on projects that resonate with my values, conducting user research, developing prototypes, facilitating co-creation workshops, and creating communications and branding.
Please get in touch—I am always eager to talk about new collaborations.
Current
+ Independent projects and contract work
Past
+ User experience researcher and designer at 18F
+ Senior Designer at Luminary Labs
+ Project Manager & Strategist for Michael Bierut at Pentagram
+ Civic Digital Fellow at the U.S. Census Bureau
+ Summer Scholar with Common Cents Lab at the Center for Advanced Hindsight
+ MFA from the School of Visual Arts Products of Design program
+ BA in History of Science from Harvard College