My career reflects a distinctive blend of facilitation and visualization, enabling collaboration, shared understanding, and insight. I apply this integrated approach to a wide range of client challenges, from setting strategic direction and communicating value to organizing complex processes into clear, user-centered systems with strong visual wayfinding. While this portfolio highlights selected outputs from that work, the deeper impact lies in the alignment, clarity, and momentum achieved by the stakeholders I partner with.

INFORMATION DESIGN

Information design enables groups to make sense of complex narratives and data so they can address challenges, align around shared understanding, and move forward with innovation. These projects are among the most demanding and rewarding, as each presents a unique problem to solve—often without clarity at the outset about where insights will emerge or how the final communication will take shape. 

I have documented lessons from this work in a chapter I contributed to The World of Visual Facilitation, titled Storymap Project Lessons: A Designer’s Perspective. I also co-presented at the International Forum of Visual Practitioners in 2020 on The Art of the Strategy Map alongside colleague Nevada Lane.

GRAPHIC DESIGN
I have valued my experience in traditional branding, recognizing that effective brand strategy can elevate an organization and strengthen its impact. While my portfolio does not fully capture the breadth of brand management work I have led over decades of marketing, it does highlight a significant amount of volunteer design work I have contributed, which reflects both my capabilities and commitment to mission-driven efforts.

ILLUSTRATION
Whether I am highlighting the trails of San Francisco’s Presidio or taking a light-hearted approach to themes like Zoom fatigue, I find great satisfaction in the aesthetic and communicative power of illustration. I intentionally explore a range of styles to keep my work fresh and adaptable. My primary tool is Adobe Illustrator, with occasional use of Procreate. As reflected throughout my work, I am an avid gardener and often incorporate nature-inspired themes, creating opportunities to visually express my long-standing passion for the natural world. 

 

PAINTING

After earning my degree in Design from UCLA, I continued to develop my personal art practice alongside my professional work as a designer. For approximately a decade, I painted and exhibited regularly, and my work was featured in an interview with the San Francisco Examiner. A particular highlight was my exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art, entitled Domestic Odyssey, for which I also collaborated with the museum’s curator to design the accompanying exhibition catalog.

My work draws inspiration from immediate surroundings—neighborhood landscapes, signage, domestic textures, and everyday ephemera. I have primarily worked in oil and wax on canvas, with additional works on paper. While my personal art practice has taken a pause during my years as a parent, I anticipate returning to it in the future.

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PERSONAL LIFE

I am fortunate to be partnered with a fellow creative, and we occasionally collaborate on projects. He values my perspective on design and storytelling, and I greatly admire his illustration expertise. We have two awesome kids, and I have been grateful for the opportunity to balance a fulfilling creative career with motherhood.

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