How can we help each other to grow individually and collectively, and to do it with joy?
This question has driven my focus over the last 15 years. Through this, I've developed teams and consulted with clients, designed new solutions to problems, and crafted new experiences rooted in global needs and local realities. How? Read the case studies linked below, or check out my creative portfolio. To jump to some of the projects I'm currently working on, click these buttons here, and you can reach out on LinkedIn. Let's talk soon!
Highlighted Case Studies on Projects Making a Positive Impact:
Human-Centered Design in Growing a Public Benefit Corporation: Sweetness: The Just Food Co., Founder (2020-2021)
Systems-Thinking Applied to an Events-Centric Growth Strategy with a Decentralized Team: Golden Home Fitness, Director of Operations (2017-2019)
Design for Impact Applied to the Rideshare Experience: App Drivers Union (2019 - 2024)
Press Coverage
Read more about my community food tours series in this feature in Allstonia, a local news publication for Allston-Brighton.
And a more recent article in the Boston Globe, "More people are looking to travel on the cheap — and discovering it’s priceless." It features my experience and perspectives from traveling while helping others with labor and skills in exchange for having a place to stay and to share meals, in a spirit of mutual aid and cultural exchange through Workaway
Also, check out a feature the French Library or Alliance Française of Boston and Cambridge ran about me in 2020.
Here's a radio interview I did on Talk of the Commonwealth with Hank Stolz in 2020, right after starting Sweetness: The Just Food Co.
Check out the 2019 Article I was featured in: "What It’s Really Like to Be a High-End Personal Trainer" by Jon Marcus on Medium's Elemental.
Speaking, Podcast Hosting, and Panel Moderating
Led a keynote presentation on Food Systems and participated in a panel on the role of food in public health for students at Boston Green Academy in both 2025 and 2026
Moderated the Discussion "Why is Sport Important for Development?" in the September 2021 Youth SDG Summit by UNITE 2030
Organized and Moderated the Panel "Sport: Empowering Young People to Be Changemakers" in the June 2021 Youth SDG Summit by UNITE 2030
Co-moderated the October 2020 Virtual Panel "Uniting in Hope #UN75" and Led the Education and Advocacy Session "Sustainable and Equitable Food Systems"(slides linked)as a part of the Fall 2020 UNA-USA Emerging Leaders Fellowship
Moderated the April 2019 Panel: "#Motivation Panel Workshop" at the Revolution Hotel in Boston
Moderated the December 2018 Panel: "Home is Where the Health is! Innovators Panel on In-Home Wellness Solutions" at Workbar Boston
Hosted and produced the Podcast "Golden Home Fitness Radio" from 2017 to 2019, including the audio recordings from the above two panels (linked).
See more background information on my LinkedIn page, where you can send me a direct message to be in touch.