working together

I partner with individuals, organizations, small businesses, and community projects to understand, design, and improve learning experiences.

Learning thrives in community, especially when we honor our process and relationships as much as the outcome. I support people to create intentional practices that foster meaningful connection, build and reclaim knowledge, and stay rooted in shared values through times of change.

  • The exact outcome of our work varies based on your goals and the needs of folks you’re accountable to. At the crux of every collaboration, here’s what I do:

    • I join you as a strategic, caring companion to your ongoing work. You often already know what you and your people need, so I create space and support to unearth your own collective knowledge. A shift in perspective or pace can be transformative!

    • I bring tools and approaches to listen closely and surface patterns, stories, and values. Making the implicit explicit creates a compass for alignment, so you can recognize when you’re off trail, and find your way back.

    • At every step, I prioritize deepening our shared commitment to liberation. My work is informed by a practiced analysis of power and oppression, including the nuances of practicing racial, class, gender, dis/ability justice.

  • PROGRAM & PROCESS DESIGN

    • I help you envision and structure initiatives that are participant-centered, sustainable, and clear in their purpose and outcomes

    • I support early implementation, walking alongside your team to apply new approaches and stay adaptive through change

    RESEARCH & SENSE-MAKING

    • I help you gather and share insights that support informed, strategic, and values-aligned decision-making

    • I help you reflect on and integrate what you’ve learned, connecting your past experiences to future direction

    LEARNING STRATEGY & FACILITATION

    • I help you navigate complex questions through facilitated experiences that support knowledge making/sharing and strengthen relationships within your group

    • I support you in building momentum and inviting others into the big picture, by teaching why facilitation and intentional process design matter

    • You’re trying to make your work more sustainable and accessible for a wider range of people.

    • You’re exploring anti-capitalist approaches to collaboration, decision-making, and time.

    • You see every working relationship as an opportunity for mutual learning and reflection.

    • You prefer to move at the speed of trust and relationship. When speeding up or slowing down, you feel it’s important to pause and examine why.

specialties & areas of interest

  • Cohort-based learning, communities of practice, networks

  • Anti-colonial approaches to “research” and “evaluation”

  • Developmental evaluation

  • Participatory research

  • Democratic governance practices within organizations and groups

  • Convening, gathering, and workshop design

  • Intergenerational groups

collaborators & affiliations

Smith College, Wurtele Center for Leadership

Smith College Museum of Art

New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study

The New School, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts

Creatives Rebuild New York

Philanthropy Together

East Oakland Community Project

This Place Works

Community Agroecology Network

Fork Office

Beyond100K (formerly 100Kin10)

Sadie Nash Leadership Project

EmcArts