I'm a developer and designer who thrives at the intersection of storytelling, data, and creative technology.
I love building interactive tools, design systems, and data visualizations — and advocating for those products to center accessibility and inclusive design principles.
Before focusing on all that, I went to school for creative writing — and honed my skills as a journalist and essayist for magazines that include Yoga International, Paper Darts, American Craft, and Monkeybicycle plus the anthology The Way We Sleep.
Playful data visualization tools for lunar exploration
An irreverent, animated guide to making pourover coffee
Animation, storytelling, and whimsy for a modern menagerie
How much can you abstract a flower before it's unrecognizeable?
In 2019 I gave my first Javascript-focused lightning talk, at Javascript MN. Shortly afterwards a friend coaxed me into planning a much longer, hour-long talk at Mpls Jr Devs — again all about how to get a little bit weird with scroll-based animation. My slides for both talks are included below.
I love it when technical writing is focused on sparking curiosity — and helping others feel comfortable — rather than asserting the author as an authority.