Regular lecturer and coach for design communities – covering everything from career growth to design-athons.

 
 

2024

Coaching FLIGHT students on their course work

Coaching self-identified black female students aged 13-18 the skills for tech entrepreneurship and providing feedback for bootcamp projects.

UWaterloo, Women in CompSci – FLIGHT Bootcamp | Coach, July cohort

Creating a forum for girls grades 8-12 to learn from women with careers in STEM on professional experiences.

UWaterloo, BrainSTEM Alliance – Careers in STEM | Panel Speaker, June cohort

 

Students at Conestoga College

Helping underrepresented minorities and students break into the Canadian tech industry and navigate the job market.

Conestoga College – Career Management School of Interdisciplinary Studies | Guest Speaker, March cohort

 
 

2023

TW NA API Heritage Month Panelists

TW NA API Panelists

Discussions on how to advance leaders for API practitioners, sharing tribulations and celebrations for the community.

Thoughtworks North America – API Heritage Month | Panel Speaker, June

UWaterloo FLIGHT Bootcamp

Coaching self-identified black female students aged 13-18 tech entrepreneurship skills for on bootcamp projects.

UWaterloo, Women in Computer Science – FLIGHT Bootcamp | Judge, July cohort

 

2022

YSDN Designathon 2022

Providing feedback on final concepts from students, applying ideation and pitching skills, cultivating community.

YorkU – Design Student’s Association, DESNathon | Judge Panelist, Oct

Teaching prototyping methods to self-identified black female students aged 13-18 during a 2 week summer bootcamp.

UWaterloo, Women in Computer Science – FLIGHT Bootcamp | Workshop Co-author + Lecturer

 

2021

Designers & Coffee – “Level Up Your UX: Get to Know Your Work” | Workshop Creator + Host

Wealthsimple – UX Mentorship Program | Mentor

2020

Designers & Coffee –Level Up Your UX: Get to Know Your Goals” | Workshop Creator + Host

Designers & Coffee – “UX Design: Making Decisions” | Guest Lecturer

2019

DesignX – Leadership Summit 2019: “Fostering Cross-Functional Collaboration with Leaders from Uber and Salesforce” | Panel Host

Hexagon UX – Mentorship Program | Mentor

2018

DesignX – Portfolio Reviews & Speed Mentoring | Mentor

OneEleven – HandUp Mentorship Program | Mentor


2017

BrainStationYVR – “Design Interviewing + Networking 101” | Workshop Host

BrainStationYVR – “A Panel Discussion on Digital Design” | Panel Host


2015

BrainStationTO – “Intro to UX Design” | Workshop Lecturer

BrainStationTO – “Presenting Your Ideas with Keynote” | Curriculum Architect + Workshop Lecturer

BrainStationTO – “Wireframing with Sketch” | Curriculum Architect + Workshop Lecturer

BrainStationTO – “Speaker Series: How I Got into Tech” | Panelist Speaker

Powered by Search – "10 Essentials to Make Your Digital Product User-Friendly" | Guest Lecturer

2014

Adobe – Achievement Awards 2014 | Semi-Finalist (Package Design), Semi-Finalist (Print Communications)