Science taught me to observe before I interpret and how to let the data lead. Performing, in turn, taught me how to be less precious with an idea and to how to react quickly on my feet. Design feels a bit like a synthesis of these practices: it takes the patience of observation and pairs it with the practical decision-making that keeps a project moving.

The part of the work I love most happens before anything gets built. I sit with a messy problem until I really understand it, map where knowledge gets stuck between the people who have it and the people who need it, and then figure out what would actually help. I’m especially drawn to health, science, and public-interest work, where getting that translation right can change how people understand and act on their own health. However, the pull is the same anywhere the stakes are high and the system is tangled.

Outside of work, I love spending time biking to the beach with my family, taking in as many live theater and dance shows as I can, and training aerial acrobatics.