Resume

2023 Horizon Prize for Education (Royal Society of Chemistry): designed Atomic Rescue, a Minecraft Education game teaching chemistry and physical science through hands-on investigation, deployed internationally to 100,000+ learners.
2024 Gold Stevie Award & Digital Education Product of the Year: led the redesign of static, kit-based science curriculum into interactive, story-driven digital experiences at the largest K-12 online education provider.
Department of Defense / DHS: designed and delivered two high-visibility acquisition certification courses for the Department of Homeland Security, partnering directly with cabinet-level stakeholders across DHS and DoD.
Narrative & scenario design: built an escape-room-style learning experience and a gamified archaeology course driving 100% completion and +90% post-test gains through student-led investigation.
AI-integrated workflow: used AI-assisted tools to close 200+ instructional gaps across 2,000+ learning objectives, redirecting saved time into deeper story and game design quality.

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Sep 2025 - Pres

Serve as AI trainer for school districts and university partners, designing and delivering AI implementation workshops for K-12 and higher ed audiences.
Built a partnership with DC Public School Libraries using role-playing games to teach literacy.

Jan 2026- Pres

Serve as primary LXD lead on two large-scale courses reaching 1.5M+ students, managing executive-level client relationships and delivering regular progress updates to national nonprofit and professional organization partners.
Leveraged AI tools to analyze 1,000+ points of student, teacher, and executive feedback; built curriculum crosswalks and datasets for real-world job task integration for an updated CRE course, reducing discovery and production timelines by 40% across 2 revised modules and 1 net-new module

2014 - Present

Redesigned traditional humanities instruction through gamified, data-informed experiences for upper elementary gifted learners, many of whom are MLL.
Highlights include a fully gamified ancient history course with 100% assignment completion and 90% post-test gains, and an interactive escape room that taught narrative structure while cutting content rewrites by 50%.

2018 - 2024

Led instructional design and product strategy for award-winning STEM and game-based curriculum reaching over 200,000 K–12 students nationwide.
Built a roadmap to publish 12 Minecraft Education games globally, earning recognition including Digital Education Product of the Year and the Horizon Prize for Education.
Balanced instructional goals with platform requirements, scaled content production across internal and vendor teams, and leveraged AI to close 200+ content gaps and streamline workflows.
Led 30+ member instructional design community and coordinated national curriculum rollouts for high school STEM courses.

2024 - Present

Redesigned an AI-in-education course for Digital Promise and HP, using AI tools to generate custom interactives and layouts within the LMS.
Designed 90+ game-based math and science activities for HMH, Illustrative Mathematics, and Power My Learning, contributing to a +10.2pp year-over-year score gain in underserved communities.

Work in K-8 education and STEM education