I’m a writer, producer, learning designer, and team leader with an interest in how we relate to each other and the world we share.
After over fifteen years producing digital media at companies like Live Nation, Disney, USC, and Cohen Media Group, I went to grad school to study in more depth what I’d been doing all along: figuring out how to take complex ideas and make them land for a target audience. That challenge — identifying what people need to understand, and how you design an experience that gets them there — led me to an M.A. in Learning, Design, and Technology at Georgetown (see some of that work here). And it’s what I’m focused on now.
I also co-created World of the Weasel, a series of picture books for kids, and founded Spitball Studio to bring them to market. My co-author and I wanted to write books we’d actually want to read ourselves — books that talk straightforwardly to kids about creativity, confidence, and responsibility, without being pedantic or talking down to them.
At the University of Texas at Austin, I wrote my undergraduate thesis on how student and faculty perceptions of the goals of a college education actually align with what’s delivered. I’m always reading, and widely: lots of history, science, current affairs, and fiction. Also, I speak fluent Spanish.
Across my work, a core question drives me: what does someone actually need to understand, and how can I help them along the way?