Let’s design
together
together
Hello! My name is Becky and I design with people—from high school students to teachers, city residents to government employees, physicians to caregivers of kids with asthma—to make schools, clinics, neighborhoods, and cities better and more equitable places.
I’m currently a Presidential Innovation Fellow with the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division and Office for Access to Justice. As a fellow I’m focused on bringing human-centered design methods and mindsets to DOJ to ensure that our touch points with the public are accessible, equitable, and easy to use.
Previously I worked as Associate Director of the Center for Social Design at MICA where I led projects that brought students together with non-profits, private institutions, and public agencies to advance equity and social justice through human-centered design.
Previously I worked as Associate Director of the Center for Social Design at MICA where I led projects that brought students together with non-profits, private institutions, and public agencies to advance equity and social justice through human-centered design.
Case Studies
Advocating for equitable school funding. Supporting women in designing their own family planning strategy. Ensuring youth know their rights. Empowering families to create smoke-free homes. Designing a youth-friendly STI testing experience. Engaging youth in preventing underage drinking. Training teachers in design thinking. Creating the next generation of changemaking citizens. Building student voice through debate.
Process
I use human-centered design to engage people in creating the places, products, and services that make them happy and healthy.
As we move together from research to synthesis to ideation to prototyping and ultimately implementation, I also draw on the frameworks, tools, and principles of Equity-Centered Community Design and Design Justice to ensure that the process is actively dismantling systemic racism and inequality.