I design life-centered tools that make satellite data more usable, discoverable, and impactful for people and planet.

I currently lead design across the Customer Growth, Data Availability, and AI & Monitoring initiatives, focusing on reimagining Planet’s unified platform experience and exploring how AI can unlock Earth observation at scale.

Planet Labs, a public benefit corporation, provides daily satellite data to help organizations monitor change and take action in a rapidly evolving world.

Lead multi-week wilderness backpacking expeditions for youth and adults. Facilitate experiential learning in leadership, environmental ethics, and risk management while cultivating teamwork and self-efficacy in remote environments.

Additional experience:

🌲 Field Instructor & Environmental Educator — Cottonwood Institute (Apr 2022 – May 2023)

Led place-based environmental education programs for middle and high school students in Colorado. Integrated social-emotional learning, climate awareness, and access-centered design to foster community connection and environmental stewardship.

Designed for Palantir Gaia, a platform enabling real-time decision-making through geospatial visualization and shared mapping. Championed internal design education by leading Product Design University and training 200+ non-design colleagues in design principles and process.

Conducted mixed-method UX research studies for IBM Hybrid Cloud, uncovering pain points and guiding design decisions across the customer journey. Facilitated enterprise design thinking workshops to scale user-centered practices across teams.