Current


Freelance
Selected Clients: AIGA SF, Airbnb, California College of the Arts, City of San Francisco, Design Core Detroit, Detroit Historical Society, The Nature Conservancy, OpenTable, SFMOMA, Starbucks, The University of Utah, The Work Department
2009 - present

Flower Press
Founder
2019 - present

Homeboat
Member
2017 - present

Psst... looking for my résumé? Here you go!



Previous


Bandcamp
Director of Design: 2021 - 2023
Interim Head of Design: 2020 - 2021
Senior Designer: 2017 - 2020

Google
User Experience Designer
2014 - 2016

Tomorrow Partners
Designer
2011 - 2014



Social Practice


So Many Hearts
San Francisco, CA & Online • 2023 - present

Accessing Queer Sanctuary through Printed Media & Digital Realms
Detroit, MI & Online • 2022

The Poodle Dog Good Food Pup Room Band, Eponymous
Chehalis, WA • 2022

The Take is the Take, Notes of Funk
Santa Cruz, CA • 2022

We Keep Us Safe: Alternatives to Police in Detroit
Detroit, MI • 2021

Kansas Highway 24
Kansas & Detroit, MI • 2021

Hot Mic, Notes of Funk
San Francisco, CA & Online • 2021

Detroit Area Writers Network, Co-organizer
Detroit, MI • 2020

Golem Dinner, Organizer & Chef
Detroit, MI • 2019

Beach Blanket Babylon, Co-organizer with Homeboat
Green River, UT • 2019

Flower Press, Founder
Detroit, MI • 2019

Creative Community Design Build with Homeboat
Granite Falls, MN • 2018 - 2019

Room Project Garden Dinner, Chef
Detroit, MI • 2018

The Changing Times Issue 12, Co-editor
Detroit, MI • 2018

SPACE SPACE SPACE Conference Dinner Series, Chef
Bloomfield Hills, MI • 2018

Detroit Kite Festival, Co-organizer & Board Member
Detroit, MI • 2016 - 2017

Peace Meal Kitchen, Co-conspirator
Detroit, MI • 2016 - 2017

Detroit Pop-up Alliance, Co-founder
Detroit, MI • 2016

Critical Conversations on Otherness, Co-organizer
Detroit, MI • 2016

Shoebox Project Iteration, Organizer
Bay Area Rescue Mission Women’s Center, Richmond, CA • 2016

Strut SF + Google.org Challenge Grant Workshop, Design Lead
San Francisco, CA • 2015

Cooking for a Cause, Project Lead
Berkeley, CA • 2015

Great Wall of Oakland: Writ Large Festival, Design Lead
Oakland, CA • 2015

Google Give: Compass Family Services, Organizer
San Francisco, CA • 2015

Theuerkauf Elementary School Garden, Project Lead
Mountain View, CA • 2015

Community Through Print, Project Lead
Victory Kitchen, Oakland, CA • 2015

Victory Kitchen, Founder
San Francisco Bay Area, CA • 2014 - 2016

Guerilla Lunch, Creator & Project Lead
San Francisco Bay Area, CA • 2014 - 2016

Airbnb Park, Design Lead
Austin, TX • 2014

Other Than, Co-director
San Francisco, CA • 2012

Shelter, Creator & Curator
San Francisco, CA & Green River, UT • 2011

Common Ground, Creator
San Francisco, CA • 2011

Guerilla Radio Hour: Serah and Zoe
San Francisco, CA • 2011

Project M Dinner Series, Chef
Greensboro, AL • 2010

A Current Exchange, Creator
San Francisco, CA • 2010

Painting & Drawing with Raymond Saunders Summer Abroad, Chef
Montreuil, France • 2009



Residencies, Fellowships, & Visiting Artist


Artist in Residence, Salmon Creek Farm
Albion, CA • 2023

Artist in Residence, Sou’wester Lodge (accepted)
Chehalis, WA • 2022

Artist in Residence, Sou’wester Arts Week
Seaview, WA • 2020

Artist in Residence, Ellipsis Open School
Tavira, Portugal • 2019

Artist in Residence, Blue Sky Center
New Cuyama, CA • 2019

Artist in Residence, The Sanctuary
Arcata, CA • 2018

Visiting Artist, Cranbrook Academy of Art
Bloomfield Hills, MI • 2018

Art Farm Fellowship, Oregon Country Farm
Brownsville, OR • 2013

Frontier Fellowship, Epicenter
Green River, UT • 2011

Sputnik Design Fellowship, California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA • 2010

Visiting Chef, Project M
Greensboro, AL • 2010

Painting & Drawing with Raymond Saunders Summer Abroad, California College of the Arts
Montreuil, France • 2009



Design Research & Facilitation


Creative Community Design Build Primary Research with Homeboat
Granite Falls, MN • 2018 - 2019

Community Research with Corbin LaMont
New Cuyama, CA • 2018

St. Etienne Biennale Debrief with Design Core Detroit, Facilitator
Detroit, MI • 2017

1967 Detroit Rebellion Co-Labs, Detroit Historical Society, Facilitator
Detroit, MI • 2017

Chi Hack Night: Re-entry Impactathon, Consultant & Facilitator
Chicago, IL • 2016

Field Work, Organizer & Researcher
United States • 2016

Google Play UX Design Research
Mountain View, CA • 2014 - 2016

Google Play Baseline Study
Seoul, South Korea • 2015

Strut SF + Google.org Challenge Grant Workshop
San Francisco, CA • 2015

Google Accessibility Innovation Workshop
Mountain View, CA • 2014

DesignBuildBLUFF Primary Research
Bluff, Utah • 2014

Barefoot College Primary Research
Tilonia, India • 2013

OpenTable Primary Research
Denver, CO • 2013

San Francisco Business Portal Primary Research
San Francisco, CA • 2013

Stories of Change Impact Lab
Berkeley, CA • 2013



Teaching & Talks


Paper or PDF?
Mid America Print Council • 2024

Accessing Queer Sanctuary through Printed Media & Digital Realms
Detroit, MI & Online • 2022

Spinning Plates: Cultivating a Multivalent Practice

Maryland Institute College of Art • 2021

Validation Loops: A Case Study in Failure
Portland State University • 2020

Visiting Critic: Graphic Design II
Lawrence Tech University • 2020

Say Yes to the Yes
Seaview, WA • 2020

The After Hours Hours: Why My Bar Tab is a Valid Expense
Rural Arts & Culture Summit, Grand Rapids, MN • 2019

Say Yes to the Yes
Tavira, Portugal • 2019

Peripheral Practice
Beach Blanket Babylon, Green River, UT • 2019

The Connective Kite
Allied Media Conference, Detroit, MI • 2017

Power to the Pop-up
Allied Media Conference, Detroit, MI • 2017

Critical Conversations on Otherness
Detroit, MI • 2016

Stone Soup Workshop Series
Oakland, CA • 2014 - 2016

Girls Inc. Classroom Aide
East Oakland, CA • 2014 - 2015

Brownsville Art Association Youth Program, Curriculum Lead & Instructor
Brownsville, OR • 2013

Inneract Project, Curriculum Lead & Instructor
San Francisco, CA • 2012



Interviews


Flower Press Stockist Highlight
Deem Newsletter • 2022

On Collaborating on Equal Footing
The Creative Independent • 2022

How Detroit-Based Flower Press Elevates + Grows Artists
The Sill • 2020



Curation & Production


All Possible Futures, Production Assistant
SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA • 2014

Shelter, Curator
Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA • 2011

Wide White Space: Sincerely, Kirsty and Emma, Co-curator
The Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA • 2011



Group Exhibitions


Signs of the Time
Playground Detroit • 2019

Walking with Serpents
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI • 2017

A Call to Place: The First Five Years of the Frontier Fellowship
Utah Dept. of Arts and Heritage, Salt Lake City, UT • 2016

msaolepwol: a poetry show
The Arbor, Oakland, CA • 2012



Solo Exhibitions


Everybody’s Inside
Oregon Country Farm, Brownsville, OR • 2013



Awards & Recognition


I am grateful to have had my work recognized by The Cannes Film Festival, GD USA, the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council, The White House, Google, Awwwards, and Real Ideas Studio. My work has been featured in The New York Times, National Geographic, AIGA Eye on Design, Detroit Free Press, Curbed Detroit, Detroit Metro Times, and on NPR, Michigan Radio, and WDET.



Formal Education


BFA in Graphic Design, Honors
California College of the Arts • 2011