Not as a destination — but as a space we are learning to notice, shape, and live into.

Growing up, I learned early that narratives shape what feels possible — and what feels impossible. Over time, I saw how many organizations and movements operate inside a single story about the future: one of inevitability, fear, or constraint.

What began as questions about belonging, identity, and wellbeing became a sustained inquiry: How do we cultivate frameworks that make expansive futures feel grounded, credible, and worth building?

This curiosity led me through worlds of research, strategy, narrative design, and participatory inquiry — across sectors and communities — always returning to one question:

How might we restore imagination as a practical capacity for collective life?

Along the way, I’ve learned that many of the challenges we face aren’t rooted in a lack of effort, intelligence, or care—but in the stories and frames we inherit about what is possible.

I’ve learned how easily imagination gets narrowed in spaces meant for change. How urgency can crowd out curiosity. How systems can quietly train people to manage harm rather than practice repair. And how often social change work becomes reactive—not because people don’t care, but because they’ve been taught there is no time, space, or permission to imagine differently.

I’ve also learned that imagination is not something you either have or don’t. It’s a capacity that can be cultivated—or constrained—by how we hold attention, how we listen to lived experience, and how we design the conditions for dialogue, inquiry, and experimentation.

Most importantly, I’ve learned that futures don’t become livable through vision alone. They become livable when people can see themselves inside them—when insight is grounded, when narratives are shared, and when imagination is practiced collectively over time.

These lessons shape how I work now: not to offer answers, but to help create containers where people can notice differently, orient with intention, and begin to build futures worth living into—together.

Through research, design, and dialogue, I partner with organizations and initiatives shaping the future of social connection, civic futures, and social impact leadership.

Attention — What we learn to notice

Through participatory research, systems awareness, and listening practices that surface patterns often overlooked, marginalized, or buried beneath dominant narratives.

Imagination — What we allow ourselves to consider possible

Using futures thinking, narrative reframing, and speculative design to expand the space of what feels plausible and desirable — especially in the face of dystopian defaults.

Emergent Practice — How possibility becomes practice

Translating insight and imagination into strategic orientation, prototype design, and relational practice — so futures are not just imagined, but lived into.

• Expanding relational imagination

• Making the future feel practicable, not intimidating

• Healing as embodiment, not extraction

• Young people as present makers of the future

• Intergenerational collaboration

• Attention as infrastructure

Outside of projects, I come alive through movement, music, and discovery. Boxing grounds me, music fuels my creativity, and solo travel opens me to wonder and perspective. I feel most at home when I’m exploring new places and leaning into moments that spark joy and curiosity.