Education
Rhode Island School of Design, Master of Industrial Design, 2022-2024
State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Metal, 2014-2018
Digital Design and Fabrication Minor
Relevant Work Experience
Freelance, 2024-Present
Virtual Textiles Research Group, RISD, Sept 2023-February 2025
Co-Works (RISD’s interdisciplinary research lab) Team Member, Jan 2023-May 2024
HMG Biomaterials Graduate Assistant, RISD, Summer 2023
Graduate Assistant, Decolonizing the Design Curriculum, RISD, Jan 2023-May 2023
Digital Fabrication Specialist, Digifabshop, Albany, NY, August 2021-August 2022
Lab Technician, Hudson Valley Additive Manufacturing Center, SUNY New Paltz, NY, February 2019-August 2020
Skills
Technical: Digital fabrication, additive manufacturing, technical drawings, material research and development
Software: Rhino, AutoCAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, workspace platforms
Design: Design and systems thinking, UX research, user testing, development, sustainability
Teaching
Adjunct Professor
Digital Fabrication and the Act of Making, Graphic Design, RISD
Spring 2025
Adjunct Professor
Comedy of Characters (self-designed course), Industrial Design, RISD
Wintersession 2024
Adjunct Professor
CAD I, Digital Design and Fabrication Minor, SUNY New Paltz, NY
Fall 2019-Spring 2020
Conference Presentations
SCALES in Textiles, Aalto University, April 2025
Publications
Designed Impermanence, Thesis, RISD Library
Memberships
RSA Fellow 2020-2022
Additional Work Experience
Graduate Studies Grad Assistant
Oct 2022-May 2024
Teaching Assistant, Industrial Design Graduate Thesis Studio I
Sept 2022-Dec 2022
Cultural Liaison, Industrial Design Department
Sept 2022-Dec 2022
NYS Contact Tracer
January 2021-July 2021
Intern, Hudson Valley Additive Manufacturing Center at SUNY New Paltz
Fall 2017-Spring 2018 Intern
Industrial Design Intern, Bread Design Group, New York, NY
Summer 2017
Administrative Intern, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz
Fall 2016
Education and Programming Intern, Saratoga Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Summer 2015
Gallery Intern, Spa Fine Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY
Summer 2015
Art Exhibits
Phases of Transition, SUM House
Jaipur, India, Installation in collaboration with the Virtual Textiles Research Group - Yue Xue and Joy Ko
2025
Sensory Silhouettes-Experiencing South Asian Garments
Installation, RISD Museum, In collaboration with the Virtual Textiles Research group and RISD Museum
Providence, RI
2024
Designed Impermanence, RISD Graduate Thesis Show, Providence Convention Center
Providence, RI
2024
emotional//durable, RISD Graduate ID Biennial, Sol Koffler Gallery
Providence, RI
2023
drift, BFA thesis show, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
New Paltz, NY
2018
PracticePlay, Exhibited at SNAG Conference
New Orleans, LA
2017
Natural World, Juried group exhibition of SUNY New Paltz students
New Paltz, NY
2017
PracticePlay, SUNY New Paltz Metal BFA and MFA student exhibition
New Paltz, NY
2016
SUNY New Paltz Foundation Student Exhibition
New Paltz, NY
2015