about me
At the intersection where education, technology, public health, and culture meet user-centered design, I play Frogger. Collecting stories, making connections, and mastering this space in order to prevent others from splooshing as they attempt to navigate this intricately nuanced environment.
Since my toddler years getting lost in grocery stores only to be found in the produce section asking strangers to “tell me more” about their lives, I’ve had a passion for storytelling. Seeking ways to relate to others through empathy, I believe that stories are our best vehicle to design a world of understanding. I want to continue to help you give life to your stories, finding ways to use them to design connections that make life more meaningful.
In life, we are all designers. Whether you design for the world, a community, a program, or just for yourself, we are all influential in the design that creates beauty in the world. I am a designer, an educator, a programmer, and a storyteller. I design amazing, clean, user experiences; I educate and empower people to live their best versions of themselves; I program people through empathy, and I live to tell the tale in order to inspire others to keep designing.
portfolio
Utilizing various mediums I help clients create and share their stories, managing every stage of the process from pre-production to launch. I collaborate with teams and with clients to build B2B and B2C products focused on user-centered design. Click on each tile and hover for description.
I also have over 10 years of experience and an educator and public speaker, writing curriculum, building training programs, facilitating workshops, and teaching academic courses.
I TOOK A STAB AT MERCHANDISE.
I was given the opportunity to collaborate with SoulCycle and a non-profit called BEAM, who does incredible work on Black Emotional and Mental Health. I designed this tote bag representing the people who look like me that are constantly pushed into the shadows and told we don’t matter. Yet we stand on the shoulders of ancestors who not only built the country I live in, but they also paved the way for me to be where I am today. It is time that we step out of the shadows and into our own light.
fitness
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To keep my mind active, I seek out the company of passionate people and great food! To keep my body active, I help others live the best physical versions of themselves as an indoor cycling and core training instructor with SoulCycle.
For years, I’ve been teaching at fitness studios throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, filling the room with love, passion, and great music! In 2018, I became one of the founding instructors for SoulCycle’s flagship 90th studio in Las Vegas, NV. Check it out.
In 2023, I returned home to the Bay Area, where I am still making people move. If you are looking to join me on my ride (pun intended), you can catch me at one of our SoulCycle studios in Northern California. Take a look at my schedule to ride #FrontReau!