About

I’m particularly invested in my work at Facebook because it enables me to do the greatest amount of good I can manage for society — with all the humbling responsibility and pitfalls that can entail. Most recently I’ve joined Facebook Reality Labs to support new initiatives there on the leading edge of human interaction and productivity.

Previously I supported multiple “0–1” new product teams within Facebook App’s Community Incubator group, and am a product lead for our internal design education initiatives. I’ve helped facilitate internal racial justice initiatives as well, both on the product and the people side of things.

Prior to that I was the design manager for Facebook’s Events products and Local app, enabling people to spend more time with close friends and family in the real world. I also spent years on our Community Integrity team as the design lead for our content moderation and help products, touching everything from chat bot technology to redesigning our reporting and help center tools. And winding the clock back even more, I was one of two designers to create our first Android design & navigation system in the process of initiating better emerging market support; and I worked on News Feed and expression products (like adding stickers to comments).

Key areas of interest for me include creating products for underserved communities; emerging-market enablement; privacy, trust & safety issues; community involvement and engagement; political engagement; public information access; automotive & transit technology; AI; and cartography. (I’m also a huge nerd for music, comics, videogames and cars.)

I've spoken internationally about some of the issues above. After the 2016 US election, I also became the founding designer for a passion project to facilitate understanding across the political divide at Make America Dinner Again. We have over 12 chapters nationwide, and have been covered everywhere from The New York Times to the BBC to The Blaze. Somehow both Oprah and Glenn Beck love us.

Before all that, I co-founded two start-ups (B4UGO and Happiness Engines), piloted a small design consultancy, and tinkered on countless other side projects with friends. I’ve also acted as an advisor and strategist for start-ups, and worked alongside great folks at IDEO for some years as well.