Impact
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I work WITH communities, not on their behalf. The difference matters.

Impact design is not a charity version of “real” design work. It's some of the hardest, most consequential design there is, because the people you're designing with have the least margin for getting it wrong. My civic and social impact practice is built on proximity. I've co-created with NYC residents across three boroughs on housing discrimination. I helped build an impact agency from scratch to $3M, securing over $180K in organizational funding for clients fightin

g labor exploitation, human rights violations, and authoritarian crackdowns. I've worked with schools, community organizations, and city institutions to shape experiences and systems that reflect the people inside them, not just the organizations that serve them.

In this work, authorship and ownership are not the same thing. My job is to bring design capability to a process where the community leads, and to leave behind something durable enough to outlast my involvement. That's the standard I hold myself to.

I take on projects that span categories, communities, and capabilities. Especially when the context is complex and the solution demands a systems-level approach. I work comfortably in ambiguity, whether leading trans-disciplinary teams, embedding with communities, or getting hands-on with research, strategy, design, co-creation, and delivery. If it needs structure, empathy, and creative momentum, I’m in.