I’m just this gal, you know?

Learning stuff

I lead Learning & Development for the Customer Support division at Automattic—onboarding new hires, designing and building the performance and coaching programs that help them grow, and redesigning the hiring and trial process that gets them in the door in the first place.

Before Automattic I rebuilt statewide adult-education programs for the State of Colorado, taught middle-school special education in Denver, and spent a lot of weekends and evenings presenting to other educators about accessible learning design principles, gamification, and personalized learning.

Writing stuff

I write Doin’ Beers, a monthly Minnesota beer review column for Racket. Racket is a Minneapolis-based alt-media website founded by former editors of City Pages. Doin Beers is the only monthly beer column in Minnesota, and I take this very seriously—especially my responsibility to make as many silly jokes or colorful metaphors as possible throughout each column.

I also write songs and short-ish stories in my free time, and blogged about a variety of LGBTQ+ topics in the past.

Bike stuff

I’m the volunteer web developer and front-line mechanic for the Minnesota Cargo Bike Library. The Minnesota Cargo Bike Library works to make electric cargo bikes available to residents of Minneapolis (and soon Rochester and Duluth) for free for week-long rentals. This work helps individuals and families explore how electric cargo bikes can meet their needs, and evaluate their options when they’re considering purchasing their own electric cargo bike. I designed the Cargo Bike Library’s website and make sure that it—and its booking platform—works the way it’s supposed to, and that the bikes we check out work the way they’re supposed to.

I was awarded Minnesota Cargo Bike Library Unpaid Volunteer of the Year in 2025, which I consider a high honor.

Design stuff

My love of design goes beyond learning and development programs, and I’ve been known to take on a variety of different clients for design projects—everything from website and mobile application design, to packaging design, and graphic and branding design. Creating things that solve problems for others is one of my favorite things—both at work, and in my day-to-day life.