I am a designer who specializes in . I am passionate about human-centered interdisciplinary design.


I love observing the world through watercolor sketching. Follow ︎︎︎@watercolorsketcher for more.



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Currently ︎︎︎  Exhibition Design Intern. Previously ︎︎︎ Preperation & Installation Assistant.




Education

︎︎︎ Rhode Island School of Design | BArch 2024
︎︎︎ Brown University | 2023 - 2024
︎︎︎ Royal Danish Academy | 2022

Experiences


︎︎︎ Smithsonian Instituition2024
︎︎︎ RISD Museum | 2024

︎︎︎ Orion RED | 2023
︎︎︎ Studio Luz Architects | 2022 & 2023
︎︎︎ NORR |  2021
︎︎︎ Emaar | 2020

Leadership

︎︎︎ TEDxRISD | 2022 - 2024
︎︎︎ Rizdeology Podcast | 2022 - 2023
︎︎︎ RISD Postmarked | 2021 - 2022
︎︎︎ RISD AIAS | 2020 - 2022
︎︎︎ RISD NOMAS | 2020 - 2022
︎︎︎ DFA RISD/Brown  | 2021 - 2022


Awards / Grants


Terra Carta Design Lab Semi Finalist | 2024
Maharam STEM Fellow | 2023
RIBA/D’Agata Merit Scholarship | 2022
Honor’s Recipient, GPA 3.82 | 2018–2024



News

︎︎︎‘Sustainability Innovation During Climate Week NYC 2024’ | RISD News | Sep 2024
︎︎︎‘Smarter Startups’ | The Architects Newspaper | September 2024
︎︎︎‘SEGD Love Stories’ | SEGD Newsletter | August 2024
︎︎︎‘Plan for the Planet’ | Khaleej Times Article | July 2024
︎︎︎ Terra Carta Design Lab, RISD Press Release | June 2024
︎︎︎ Terra Carta Design Lab, RISD Instagram Post | June 2024
︎︎︎ Terra Carta Design Lab, RISD Alumni Instagram Post | June 2024
︎︎︎ Terra Carta Design Lab, Goal House Instagram Post | June 2024
︎︎︎ ‘Re-configure’ | desi-gned Magazine Article | Issue 2 | May 2024
︎︎︎ RISD Instagram Spotlight | April 2024
︎︎︎ TEDxRISD: Echo, RISD News | March 2024
︎︎︎ TEDxRISD: Echo, RISD Instagram Post | March 2024
︎︎︎ Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I Will Not Bend an Inch | March 2024
︎︎︎ Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I Will Not Bend an Inch, RISD Museum News | November 2024
︎︎︎ Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I Will Not Bend an Inch, RISD News | November 2024
︎︎︎ Nancy Elizabeth Prophet: I Will Not Bend an Inch, Brooklyn Rail | November 2024
︎︎︎ Social Justice and Sustainability Maharam Fellow, RISD News | July 2023
︎︎︎ TEDxRISD: Unravel, RISD News | March 2023


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