Trails
Most of my good ideas come from trails. These days it’s Mt. Tam, right out my door. Before California, I spent 14 years in Bend, Oregon, where backpacking taught me to pack light and sit with long silences.
✷ TLDR
I traveled and studied a lot of things before I ever touched a design tool. Anthropology, sustainability, natural resources, art history, and hours in a darkroom. All of it still shows up in how I build things now.
✷ the longer versionI spent years in brand and community roles at Figma, REI, and Patagonia. The way I think about voice, material, and craft comes from those years. Creative technologist is the first title that lets me bring all of it together. It’s where my eye, my hands, and my code can all show up in the same project.