I currently work as a research associate at the Harvard Business School (HBS) California Research Center. I have performed qualitative and quantitative research in various roles at HBS, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Accenture. I’ve also worked as a freelance UX researcher with Humankind Co. I received my M.Sc. in Comparative Media Studies from MIT and B.A. in Economics from Wellesley College.

My master’s thesis at MIT investigated the use of digital media (e.g., Google Maps, Instagram, iNaturalist, Facebook) to learn about the environment and practice foraging. In this project, I used methods and analytical approaches informed by the work of intersectional, Indigenous, and feminist scholars. This project was inspired by Alexis Nikole Nelson (@BlackForager) and the foraging cultures of New England and Southern California.

I grew up in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, lived in Boston and NYC, and am currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area on the ancestral lands of the Tamien Nation, Ohlone, Ramaytush, and Muwekma peoples.