I am a biodesigner because I believe synthetic biology will create powerful new technologies that will reshape society. As a workforce advocate, I foresee synthetic biology developing disastrously if left to business as usual practices. In my work, I seek to design projects that center on care and the climate. To that end, I spent time as one of the inaugural class of Ginkgo Bioworks Public Policy Fellows researching the workforce development landscape for synthetic biology. The result is a handbook with details and recommendations on how to foster a holistic non-extractive workforce ecosystem.

Before this, I was a lyophilization manufacturing associate at Biomeme. I had the opportunity of being the first employee in their lyophilization manufacturing department. There I helped build out the operations for manufacturing their Go-Plate/Strip PCR assays. I received my undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware as part of the first class of the Applied Molecular Biology and Biotechnology program. During that time, I got to perform research at Prelude Therapeutics and Esther Biswas lab. My M.S. is from Johns Hopkins University, where I studied Biotechnology with a concentration in Entrepreneurship and Enterprise. For my concentration, I took coursework to understand better what it will take to operate my own company in the future. In my free time, I volunteer to help introduce synthetic biology to various organizations in my area.

Currently, I am mentoring students from the Toms River School District in New Jersey. Other hobbies include homebrewing and writing.