CV/Public Output

Hi again 🌱 and welcome to a snapshot of my public work over the last decade. My work explores my intersecting interests of technology, culture & aesthetics, ecology, memory, and futurisms. Everything I teach is an extension of the knowledge I’ve gained from researching, writing, speaking, building, and learning. Looking for a speaker, writer, or educator? Let’s chat. 💌

Speaking

  • “Observations of Alter(Native) Approaches to Design” @ Netflix Design | Nov 2022

  • “A State of Perpetual Memory: Native Identity Through Connection to Land” @ Seedcast, Nia Tero Podcast | April 2022

  • “Heart-Centered Teaching” Presentation @ New York University | Jan 2021

  • “Anticipating Land Futures: Stitching Together Black + Native Land Stewardship” @ New Native Theatre | March 2021

  • “Remember Technologies // Imagining Futures” @ Good Medicine Festival | Nov 2020

  • “Futures are Presents: A Workshop to Imagine Cherokee Possibilities” Talk @ Cherokee Nation Community & Cultural Outreach Annual Conference of Community Leaders | July 2019

  • “From Language Stigma to Language Celebration” Talk @ TedxOU | Jan 2018

  • “For the Culture: A Crash Course in Community Entrepreneurship” Talk @ Young People For | April 2018

Teaching

Awards

  • “Relationships Matter” award @ Drip | Nominated out of 100 colleagues for exhibiting Drip’s founding principle. | Winter 2021

  • 2nd Place @ Black Girls Code Hackathon | Mentored 12-17 year old aspiring coders who’s concept placed 2nd in their region | Oct 2020

  • 3rd Place & $5,000 award @ Love’s Entrepreneurs Cup | Led a team at a state-wide collegiate business plan competition with 50 competing teams | Spring 2017

  • Participant & $10,000 convertible note @ Startup Launch Pad | Mentorship program for my startup BLOOM

  • Named a Power Girl by Seventeen Magazine | March 2016 | Featured in Seventeen Magazine for building lease-swapping platform Roomswap in college

  • Inaugural Recipient @ Ashlee T. Madison Freedom Scholarship | University of Oklahoma African American Studies | November 2015

Activities

  • Participant, Expressive Game Design @ School for Poetic Computation | June 2022 | Final Project: Coded a Mvskoke preservation game titled “Oto (Chestnut) Returns”

  • Participant, INDIGital Coding Bootcamp @ Indigenous Friends Organization | Nov 2020 | Final project: Designed a web project documenting Oklahoma’s land memory.

  • 2nd Place @ Black Girls Code Hackathon | Mentored 12-17 year old aspiring coders who’s concept placed 2nd in their region | Oct 2020

  • 3rd Place & $5,000 award @ Love’s Entrepreneurs Cup | Led a team at a state-wide collegiate business plan competition with 50 competing teams | Spring 2017

  • Co-Founder/Game Design + Writer for an Indigenous Language Learning Platform called BLOOM | Partnered with Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma | 2016 - 2019

  • Co-Founded Roomswap, a house lease-swap platform that saved students $100K in rent | 2013-2017