BFA Graphic Design

Rhode Island School of Design · Providence

A design degree built on type, systems, and how a page holds an idea. Thesis on tools that explain themselves.

• Degree project on interface language for first-time makers

Product Designer

Dropbox · San Francisco

First product role, on the sharing surfaces people use every day. Comments, previews, and the moment a file becomes a conversation.

• Shipped a preview that kept layout decisions visible on a phone
• Paired with engineering on the comment model for shared folders

Product Designer

Figma · San Francisco

Joined the multiplayer team. The work was presence: who is here, what they are holding, and how a file feels like one room.

• Designed follow mode for a room full of cursors
• Set the visual language for live selection

Founder

Northline · San Francisco

Founded a studio for tools that sit between writing and design. The first product is Lumen, a surface for product decisions.

• Incorporated the studio in 2024
• Shipped Lumen to the first design teams in 2025

Launched Lumen

Northline · San Francisco

Lumen opened to its first teams. A place to write the decision, show the screen, and keep both in one thread.

• First dozen teams onboarded in the opening month

Lumen

Northline · San Francisco

A SaaS writing surface for product teams. Decisions, screenshots, and the thread that connects them.

• Public repository for the editor prototype

Room

Independent · San Francisco

An open prototype of shared cursors, written to explain presence without using a company’s code.

• Write-up of cursor smoothing and late-joiner state

Type@Cooper

The Cooper Union · New York

A summer of drawing letters. It still shows up in how a product names itself.