I’m a Senior Product Manager who is passionate about working on both products and projects spanning social impact, the outdoor industry, Education, and the sciences.

Areas of Expertise

Product Leadership

UX, Research, Sprint Planning and User-Centered Design

Applied AI & Data-Driven Product Features

Social Impact, Nonprofit Leadership & Community Building

Communication, Stakeholder Management & Storytelling


Work

    • Founding team member driving the CEO’s product vision from ideation to launch; led UX research, product strategy, and roadmap execution for a community-based social app (iOS + Android).

    • Scaled to 10K user accounts through iterative UX testing, data-driven product enhancement strategies, and interdisciplinary collaboration with community team.

    • Lead a 9-person cross-functional, agile team across product, engineering, and design; oversee product release cycles, testing, technical hiring, and user testing.

    • Launched complex features that include but are not limited to: video upload and moderation, direct messaging, AI generated community prompts, stratified community tiers, in-app community leader application, AI based content moderation, ban user, push notifications, invite-only communities, community polls, reposts, external sharing via deep links, etc. 

    • Supported data science team to release social media audit (AI generated report that audited social media accounts) 

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    • Co-founded 501(c)(3) nonprofit focused on sustainability and community resilience; co-manage partnerships/fundraising/events

    • Built and designed: website, social media following, community outreach strategy, annual reports  

    • Designed and launched initiatives supporting migrant family housing relocation, led community street clean-ups, led coat collection / donation drives; managed logistics for fundraising events 

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    • Led 0→1 development of a consumer microbiome testing product, bridging scientific R&D, UX design, and business strategy.

    • Translated complex microbiome data into intuitive consumer reports and data visualizations.

    • Owned UX/UI, website design, and physical kit packaging, establishing early product and brand standards.

    • Managed IRB compliance, research protocols, and reagent evaluation to ensure scientific and ethical integrity.

    • Recruited and managed beta users; supported seed-round fundraising through product insights and research findings.

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    • Collected publicly available data via meta-analysis on viral decay in the environment; helped build and systematize viral decay database; cleaned and analyzed data using R

    • Data analysis, GIS mapping, project coordination for sample collections, co-authored publications, grant writing 

    • Co-led a citizen science project to collect and analyze microbial water samples from Jamaica Bay Watershed (Sample collection, DNA extraction, PCR, analysis) 

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Academic

    • Skills obtained: R for data analysis, Dedoose for qualitative analyses, SAS, and research methodology

  • Major Accomplishments: Scholar athlete, Student Athletic Advisory Committee Member, Dean’s List, Published works

  • In 2017, I was awarded as an EcoHealthNet Fellow where I had the opportunity to visit Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for an intimate lecture series and skills-based coursework over the course of a week with professors and other public health professionals from around the world.

    • (Capstone) Pharmacy Deserts in NYC: A Spatial Analysis of Poverty and Pharmacy Access (2022); Green Infrastructure Design Influences Communities of Urban Soil Bacteria (2019), Soil and Microbial Properties of Green Infrastructure Technosols in Stormwater Management Systems (2018)

Past Projects

Selected Product Work:

  • iOS / Android Community-Based Social Media App & Website

  • Gut Microbiome Test Kit / Consumer Report & Company Website

Research & Systems Design

  • Capstone Project - Pharmacy Deserts in NYC: A Spatial Analysis of Poverty and Pharmacy Access

  • Viral Persistence Database / Meta-Analysis

Community Initiatives & Local Impact

  • Community Winter Coat Drives for Unhoused People in Brooklyn

  • Community Street Clean-Ups

  • COVID Relief Grants for Local Businesses

  • Refugee Support