About me
As a Design Engineer and Digital Producer, I bridge systematic thinking with execution excellence.
I'm a 30-year-old non-binary designer and developer standing at the intersection of systematic thinking and creative exploration. My professional identity is shaped by three core elements that define both who I am and how I work.
Neurodivergent Patterns
My neurodivergent perspective gives me a unique ability to recognize patterns within complex structures and systems. This natural tendency toward systematic thinking has drawn me to design systems work, where I can create order from complexity and establish frameworks that make creation more accessible to everyone.
While my pattern-recognition abilities are a professional strength, I navigate the typical neurodivergent challenges in my own work: the perfectionistic tendencies that sometimes delay project initiation, the paradox of overthinking, and the particular difficulty of ambiguous states. This lived experience informs my mission to create systems that reduce cognitive overhead and free creative energy through thoughtful automation.
Queer Approach to Structure
My non-binary, asexual identity influences my professional approach through a natural questioning of established structures and norms. This queer perspective encourages me to examine the underlying assumptions in design and development practices, leading to more flexible, inclusive systems.
I bring this same questioning energy to organizational structures, having worked across traditional hierarchies, teal organizations, and networks of independent specialists—each environment offering valuable lessons in how different structures enable different kinds of work and collaboration.
Technological Optimism
Despite a critical awareness of technology's complexities, I maintain a fundamental trust in technology as a tool for human empowerment. This shows in my hands-on, constructivist approach—I prefer to prototype directly in code rather than remain in purely conceptual spaces.
Since 2019, I've been deeply engaged with Digital Gardens, Personal Knowledge Management, and knowledge work systems. This interest has evolved into my current focus on graph databases and AI agents as tools for augmenting human creativity.
Backstage Craftsperson
I prefer working "backstage"—creating the systems, frameworks, and tooling that empower others to do their best work. My greatest satisfaction comes from seeing designers and developers thrive when using systems I've helped build. This behind-the-scenes role suits my temperament and allows me to have a multiplying effect through infrastructure rather than individual outputs.
My long-term vision is the full automation of administrative aspects of design systems work, maximizing the creative space for designers and developers while maintaining the consistency and quality that design systems provide.
Whether through design systems, no-code implementations, or knowledge structures, my work consistently aims to reduce friction, eliminate unnecessary cognitive load, and create more humane interfaces between humans and technology.
