Over the last two decades I have participated in ventures spanning geographic and cultural boundaries across design, engineering, health, education, and international development fields.

As Co-Founder of Up4 The Challenge, a non-profit organization that promotes STEM (science technology engineering and math) as a means to achieve positive social change in the community, I co-create and deliver hands-on programming for youth.

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My research has included maternal health studies, orthopaedic applications, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WaSH) system design in Africa and South Asia. As Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at Queen’s University I continue to collaborate on investigations into the benefits of upright maternal positioning in childbirth, for which I was previously awarded a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Postdoctoral Fellowship.

 

I am also an Adjunct Assistant Professor and Sessional Instructor in the W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology at McMaster University, where I teach graduate courses in Design Thinking and Human-Centred Design.

 

My priorities are to create opportunities for social change through a human-centred approach to design and innovation.