What kind of designer are you?
I am a UX, product, and learning experience designer.
Where do you work now?
I have been at Superbloom since 2018. We are a small US nonprofit with a global team, working on better design for human rights technology. I have led design research projects around nonprofit funding, design for trust, design ethics, and anti-corruption journalism.
Where have you worked in the past?
- From 2015 to 2018, I led the Advanced Track at the School of Design Thinking, Hasso-Platter-Institut, University of Potsdam. I taught and managed a team of 16 part-time faculty and 40 students solving complex product and service design problems alongside organizational partners in industry, government, and the nonprofit sector.
- At Sliced Bread Design in Mountain View, California, I did user research and interaction design for products in finance, health, and education.
- I also used to teach at the Stanford d.school, as well as teaching taught design and design thinking methodology all over the world.
Do I know you from school?
Could be! I have a master’s degree in Learning, Design, and Technology from Stanford University, and a bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in History of Science from Harvard University.
Are you on social media?
These are the platforms I update with some regularity.
Where do you live?
I live in Berlin, Germany with 1 husband, 2 daughters, 1 open-back banjo, 2 cargo bikes, and 3 sewing machines.
Achso, können wir etwa deutsch reden?
Aber sicher. Mein Mann und ich sind schon seit 2014 in Deutschland und haben uns richtig Mühe mit der Sprache gegeben, daher freue ich mich, sie auch zu benutzen.
Who took that photo?
My 4-year-old daughter Flora is a preternaturally good portrait photographer - probably because you can’t help but smile at her.