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A gallery of interactive installations, community platforms, and playful experiments. Explore each project to see process notes, outcomes, and the collaborators who helped bring the work to life.

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Illustration of the Figure It Out modular puzzle console glowing with light tiles.

Figure It Out

2024 – Now · Creator & Director

A queer figure drawing community that brings together artists and models of all experience levels to create, connect, and express themselves.

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Sound It Out Logo. Sound It Out blends music, meditation, and sound to help people find balance and centered presence.

Sound It Out

2023 – Present · Creator & Sound Healer

Sound It Out blends music, meditation, and sound to help people find balance and centered presence.

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Logo for Seattle Performing Arts Lovers. SPAL is a community of friends who gather to experience the irreplaceable magic of live performance and keep Seattle’s artistic spirit alive together.

Seattle Performing Arts Lovers

2021 – Present · Creator & Leader

A community of friends who gather to experience live performance and deepen their connection to the arts and one another.

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Other Projects

Illustration of the MarryText SMS chatbot welcoming wedding guests.

MarryText

2017 · Creator & Developer

A custom SMS-based chatbot built to handle all the communications and coordination for a wedding.

Dra app interface guiding a hand-drawn portrait with layered sketch prompts.

Dra

2016 · Co-creator

An iPad-powered drawing guide that grows your confidence on paper, one layered sketch at a time.

MatchKit interface mockups showing data-driven team formation dashboards.

MatchKit

2015 – 2016 · Co-founder

A startup that helps organizations build better teams through research-driven algorithms and data-informed design.

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