Raised in a family whose pursuits ranged from ballet to technical medical illustration, I learned to appreciate both art and precision at an early age. Growing up in public housing—and later living and working in the dense, diverse urban landscapes of Tokyo, Philadelphia, and New York City— I experienced the ways in which architecture, design, and social policy can bring people together and shape communities.

I joined LMS^A because I firmly believe that meaningful, mission-driven design should be accessible to all: good design should be a force for connection, not a luxury.