Hi, nice to meet you!

My work

I design and build learning experiences from the ground up including instructional design, training development, course design and development, curriculum design, media production, web development, and educational products.

I have expertise in authoring tools such as Articulate Storyline, Rise, Camtasia, Adobe Captivate, Vyond, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Creative Suite (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator, Lightroom), and Microsoft Office.

My story

I started in film and animation, working as a director and video editor while also teaching English as a second language. Somewhere between the editing bay and the classroom, I noticed my students lit up whenever I brought media into a lesson. That spark got me thinking: what if I leaned into that intersection on purpose?

That question sent me back to school, twice. First, a master's in Learning Sciences, where I dove into the theory of how people actually learn. It was fascinating, but I kept craving something more tangible than case studies and research papers. I wanted to build things, not just study them. So I pursued a second master's in Educational Technology, where I got hands on with the technical side of learning design: building products, running data-driven learning analysis, and designing AI-powered solutions to real learning problems.

Today, I design courses, games, and tools that make people say "Ohhh, I get it!" I've built online courses, designed game-based learning experiences, and partnered with faculty and global teams to turn complex ideas into learning that's engaging and accessible. My approach is simple: keep it fun, inclusive, and learner-centered.

I'm a passionate instructional designer at heart. I love watching people learn, I love hearing their feedback, and I never stop learning myself.

Education

2024 — 2025

M.S. in Educational Technology & Applied Learning Sciences

Carnegie Mellon University
2022 — 2023

M.S. in Education & Social Policy

Northwestern University
2017 — 2021

B.F.A. in Film/Video/Animation

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Toolkit

Tools & skills

Expert
Rise Articulate Storyline Generative AI Camtasia Premiere Pro After Effects
Fluent
Mindsmith Canva HTML / CSS / JavaScript Data Analysis Learning Management System (LMS)
Proficient
Adobe Captivate Figma Photoshop & Illustrator
Contact

Let's connect!

Have a role, a project, or a learning problem you're chewing on? I'd love to hear about it.

Tel
Call224-420-2193