I design and steward systems that help people and organizations learn together over time. My experience spans public education, philanthropy, and civic innovation. I have led large-scale digital learning platforms for New York City Public Schools, built cross-sector initiatives on AI and workforce equity with Opportunity Labs, and advised mission-driven organizations on turning knowledge into action.
Across every project, I focus on building for durability, not just delivery. I create systems that continue to work through policy shifts, leadership changes, and emerging technologies. I’m most energized by questions like:
How do we make institutional knowledge usable?
How can learning systems adapt responsibly in an AI-driven world?
What supports teachers, learners, and teams in doing their best thinking together?
I am exploring product and strategy roles that bridge learning, technology, and systems design, particularly at the intersection of K-12 education, workforce development, and innovation.
Selected Projects
Budgeting for School-Based Mental Health Community of Practice
Delivering effective school-based mental health at scale.
End Deepfakes
Designed strategy and technical infrastructure for EndDeepfakes.org: a hub of tools, resources, and a support network helping schools and districts prevent and respond to Deepfake incidents.
The American Dream Academy
Scaling Career Pathways: 200,000 Americans Access Tuition-Free Training
WeTeachNYC
Building a Sustainable Knowledge Hub for 76,000+ New York City Educators Through Trust and Coherence
How I Work
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Design is a Dialogue
Good design means building with people, not for them. I create structured feedback loops — surveys, advisory boards, lightweight pilots — and use dashboards to listen at scale, so we can adapt based on what we learn.
Examples: In The American Dream Academy, I built dashboards to track persistence and drop-off across 200K learners — a way of listening to the data. When learners told us, “We feel alone,” we paired that with the data and redesigned supports: virtual study halls, webinars, and chatbot help. The result: higher persistence and completion.
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Translation + Sensemaking
I make complex ideas usable. Whether it’s evolving AI policy or shifting district strategy, I translate between policymakers, technologists, and educators so change feels practical, human, and possible.
Example: For EndDeepfakes.org, I translated legal, technical, and pedagogical perspectives into actionable toolkits. What began as abstract threats became concrete safeguards schools could implement immediately.
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Trust as Infrastructure
Systems succeed when people trust them. I design workflows, governance, and data practices that reflect lived experience and shift power toward users.
Example: On WeTeachNYC, we built a recommendation engine that only used data teachers opted to share. That small shift — from surveillance to agency — built trust. As a result, adoption spread citywide: more than 400,000 public site users and 70,000 NYC educators now use the platform, with over 22,000 logging in weekly at its peak.
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Making Knowledge Explicit
Knowledge should be shared — not sit in binders or databases. I design taxonomies, libraries, and communities that surface what people know and make it part of daily practice.
Examples: In a national school mental health network, I co-designed group processes and consultancy sessions where districts shared live problems and iteratively updated playbooks. Knowledge became practical, not static.
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Building Systems that Last
I design platforms and programs that don’t just launch — they last. My work focuses on designing flexible architecture, building for distributed governance so systems survive policy shifts, leadership turnover, and shifting reform initiatives.
Examples: WeTeachNYC has outlasted three chancellors, multiple administrations, and shifting priorities — still serving 70K+ educators a decade later. That durability wasn’t luck; it was designed in from the start through shared governance and intentional scaffolding.
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Leadership in Change
I lead interdisciplinary teams and cross-sector coalitions through complex, high-stakes change. This includes vendor wrangling, founding new functions, and scaling multi-million-dollar initiatives with sustainability at the core.
Examples: Founding product lead of WeTeachNYC; transitioning NYCPS from vendor dependence to in-house capacity. Co-leading national school mental health CoP with state, philanthropic, and education leaders.
