speaking & events
On the side, I'm passionate about sharing my journey as a designer! I love to advocate and share the knowledge within the design industry, along with helping to teach and mentor early-stage designers.
Here are a few speaking and presenting engagements I've been part of:
Mar 2024
Diving Into Design Tokens Workshop:
Presented and ran a workshop forVancouver Design Community about design token naming conventions and best practices in design systems.
Nov 2023
McMaster Design League Designathon:
I was part of a panel and career workshop for McMaster Design League Designathon
Nov 2023
SFU Brandstorm Case Competition:
I presented at Brandstorm 2023 on how to frame and reframe your career journey
Aug 2023
UXxUX Conference – Over-tokenizing the Design Token:
I recently presented and ran a workshop at the UXxUX Conference in Vancouver, speaking about design token best practices, implementation challenges, and not over-tokenizing design tokens in design systems.
Aug 2022
SFU After School Podcast (Guest):
I sat down with my old uni department to talk about working in large vs small company design teams.
March 2022
Stormhacks, Intro to Figma:
I helped to co-run a hackathon workshop for university students during the pandemic, introducing them to Figma interactive components and atomic design.
Dec 2020
SAP The Starting Point Podcast (Guest):
When I was an intern for SAP, I joined their intern podcast as a guest to talk about what it takes to be a UX intern for SAP.