I am a listener. I enjoy learning about people. If you look at all of my projects, there is one theme that emerges. At the heart of each project, the core is about helping people. I believe that we really can use design as an action to help others. Design is an action that always addresses a need. What greater need exists in this world than to help people?

I want to make user experiences engaging, interesting, and even instructional. A learning experience should bring about change, a transformation. A design should always communicate a deeper message.

I want to create human-centered experiences, systems, and learning.

*Formalities: Upon graduation from the University of Pittsburgh, I worked as a VILT instructor for a large corporation in Osaka, Japan. I lived and worked professionally in Asia for almost five years. I'm presently an instructional systems designer / interaction designer for General Physics Corporation, and have worked with clients such as Pfizer Inc., Eli Lilly, and Bank of America.