About Me

I'm an instructional designer with a background in UX/UI design, multimedia production, web development, and team leadership — and a deep interest in how people actually learn.

My path into instructional design wasn't linear, and I see that as an asset. I've spent years building things for the web — designing interfaces, producing video, managing digital communications — before I found the field where all of those skills come together with real purpose. Instructional design lets me combine what I know about human-centered design with what I care about most: helping people  learn and grow.

I specialize in adult learner, particularly those navigating transitions — into higher education, into new careers, or into a workforce that looks very different than it did even five years ago. I've designed for multiple Canvas LMS courses, built interactive Articulate Storyline modules, created immersive VR learning experiences, and developed instructor-facing training materials during my internship at Utah State University's Center for Instructional Design and Innovation (CIDI), where I also owned accessibility review — making sure our courses met WCAG standards for alt text, captioning, and navigation.

My process is grounded in the ADDIE model, informed by Bloom's Taxonomy and Kirkpatrick's Four Levels of Evaluation, and shaped by a genuine curiosity about what makes learning stick. I read widely in cognitive science — books like Make It Stick and Powerful Teaching have shaped how I think about retrieval, spacing, and the difference between feeling like you've learned something and actually learning it.

Leadership runs alongside the design work. I spent four-plus years leading UVU's Interaction Design Collaborative, rebuilding it from a fading student club into an official university organization and mentoring the volunteers who kept it running. I later served as lead student project manager for UVU's Digital Media 20th Anniversary Conference, coordinating faculty, staff, and student stakeholders through a six-month planning cycle for an 800-plus person event. Both experiences taught me as much serving people and collaboration as any design project has.

Currently I'm completing my M.A. in Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences (ITLS) at Utah State University (December 2026).

When I'm not designing courses, I'm studying Latin, writing, and finding new ways to think about how people learn.