Building healthcare that works for everyone.

The best healthcare solutions are never built by a single discipline. They come from research, technology, clinical expertise, and lived experience meeting in the same room.

My work sits at that intersection.

I am a healthcare researcher, designer, and patient partner working toward healthcare systems that are more equitable, more trustworthy, and built around the people they serve. Through research, design, and collaboration across sectors, I explore what it looks like for patients to become active partners in shaping healthcare innovation, rather than passive recipients of it.

My portfolio spans responsible AI, patient engagement, healthcare accessibility, and service design. Each project takes on a different challenge, but they all move toward the same purpose: creating solutions that actually improve care for the people they are meant to serve.

Experience & Leadership

  • Academic Excellence — Master of Science in Information Management and a Bachelor of Science in Informatics, both from the University of Washington.

  • Student Leadership — Student Body President at Edmonds College and Informatics Senator at the University of Washington.

  • Patient Partnership — Collaborating with researchers and clinicians as a Patient Research Partner, advancing patient-centered research and healthcare innovation.

  • Public Voice — Speaking on healthcare ethics, patient partnership, and the responsible use of artificial intelligence.

  • Design Impact — Leading design projects recognized for meaningfully improving healthcare experiences and outcomes.

  • Community Building — Mentoring students, advocating for patients, and forging partnerships across healthcare, academia, and technology.

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Recognition

These honors reflect the communities that believed in this work — and the responsibility that comes with that trust.

  • Social Impact & Social Justice Award — University of Washington

  • Eisenberg Award — UW Information School

  • Women's Empowerment Award — Edmonds College

  • 2026 Princeton P3 Scholar — Princeton University

  • Grace Hopper Celebration Scholar — AnitaB Org

  • PCORI Ambassador — Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Looking Forward

The future of healthcare will belong to the organizations willing to design with people — not just for them.

Healthcare is changing fast. Artificial intelligence is being implemented in clinical care, patients are becoming stronger partners in research, and new technologies keep reshaping how care is delivered.

What remains constant is the need for people who can hold the complexity — who understand both the data and the human being behind it, both the system and the story it contains.

That is the work I am committed to. And it is the work I intend to keep doing.