About Me

"We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn." — Peter Drucker

I'm the person who picks a documentary over a blockbuster and a pottery class over happy hour. Give me a trail, a kayak, or a museum and I'm happy, mostly because I can't turn off the part of my brain that wants to understand how things work.

That curiosity turned into a career almost by accident. I started with a Master's in Teaching, then found instructional design through the Applied Instructional Design Academy, where the pieces clicked: adult learning theory, e-learning tools, and a methodology for actually building the thing, not just theorizing about it. I moved into a leadership role early, which turned out to be the best of both worlds. I still get to design learning experiences, and now I also get to help other people grow into designers themselves.

My approach starts with a simple question: what does this learner actually need to walk away knowing how to do? From there, I reach for whatever gets them there: a scenario that puts them in the driver's seat, a short microlearning module they can knock out between meetings, a little friendly competition if it fits. Interactive and relevant beats polished and passive, every time.