Creating products and experiences that shape the way we work, play and live.
Product designer and strategist with more than 20 years experience who has worked for international firms including frog Design, R/GA, Method, and HUGE. Clients include FOX Networks, AMC Networks, Comcast, Verizon and Nike. BA in Political Geography from Clark University and MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design.
Product Design & Strategy
FOX Networks CMS product strategy
Engin Sciences HRTech hiring platforms (employer & job seeker)
Ignitia hyper-local weather mobile app for Brazilian farmers
Nugg Club cannabis delivery responsive e-commerce site
The Commons Project health records mobile app
Recent projects
Impact designer and innovator. Founder of Pipas Labs, a social organization that distributes creative technology educational kits in Rio de Janeiro's marginalized communities. Creator of interactive products and services with social impact for start-ups and social organizations. Leads the design of Voz das Comunidades mobile application, a community newspaper and NGO operating in Rio's favelas for nearly two decades.
Social Impact
Pipas Labs Educational creative technology kits for marginalized urban populations (founder)
Voz das Comunidades Mobile app for this prominent community newspaper in Brazil's favelas
International Rescue Committee Learn Together Earn Together design research in Liberia
Syndio Solutions Pay EQ Equal Pay reporting and compliance web platform
Health Action International Private Patents & Public Health educational website
Recent projects
Artist and technologist. Creates artworks that merge static and moving photographic images with technology to create interactive experiences that explore new perspectives on identity and community, and encourage new ways of seeing and experiencing the world.
Art & Technology
Mixed Messages Layered translucent portraits backlit by interactive LED panels
Waves Mobile-phone based interactive urban sound sharing platform
Transformações Interactive layered photographic lightboxes that respond to viewer movement
Realidade Real Still and slow-motion photographic portraits images viewed through VR glasses
Bronx Rhymes SMS-based urban installation linking virtual rhymes with historical hip hop locations
Recent projects
Highly collaborative creative equally skilled in high-level product strategy and creative direction, and hands-on, fast-paced UX/UI. Also creates artworks that merge photography and technology to challenge the way we view the world.
Speaker, educator, and innovator with over 15 awards and recognitions.
About
Code for All 2023 Summit Speaker (Pipas Labs)
MIT Global Startup Workshop 2017 Business Plan Competition, Finalist (Pipas Labs)
NAEA Preconference: Creating Community Through Technologies, Speaker (Pipas Labs)
IXDA 2016, Speaker (Pipas Labs)
Webby and People's Choice for Best Television Website, Website design award (AMC.com)
Recent recognition
Work samples available upon request.