✨✨✨ Radically inspired by people. ✨✨✨

 

I've always been a professional people person, but I never set out to be a coach. After transitioning from academia to the private sector, I built a career as a user experience researcher, working on end-to-end product development and strategy with all flavors of organizations, including eBay, General Motors, Intel, Dexcom, Lowe's, the Civic Software Foundation, and the City of Portland. 

 

Throughout this time, I experienced the typical joys and challenges faced by UX professionals, like building my competency and expertise, doing quality work, solving actual problems, advocating for customers and colleagues, adhering to my values and ethics, navigating organizational culture, and dealing with workplace trauma. As many others do, I became disillusioned with so-called human-centered design and the soul-crushing constraints of the business world. I wondered if it was actually possible to really enjoy my work and have a positive impact on society.

 

Exploring these growing pains with a coach and therapist helped me process my experiences, clarify my values, build confidence and resilience, and devise strategies for effective adaptation, taking risks, and setting boundaries. I continue to rely on these tools and frameworks to this day.

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✨✨✨ It's all come full circle. ✨✨✨

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In late 2019, I had a lightbulb moment. What if I could use the insights and strategies from traversing these waters to help others gain clarity, direction, and fulfillment?

 

In April 2020, I closed up my consulting shop and officially transitioned into coaching. This move has enabled me to combine everything I care about into a fun, challenging, and fulfilling practice working with my favorite kind of people. It's a dream that gradually revealed itself over time through self reflection, personal growth, and really understanding how I can best serve the world.

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My personal and professional life has been a perpetual voyage of lifelong learning and figuring out my shit. I have a BA in anthropology from Eckerd College, a MA in applied anthropology from the University of Memphis, and a Professional Certificate in Coaching from New York University. It's my goal to stay current in the field of design, which drives my obsessive consumption of podcasts, books, and conference talks. I am an avid community builder and connector. And I am grateful to regularly learn, grow, and be continuously amazed by my fabulous clients.