Portfolio · Strategic Design
Strategic
Design
Four research-led projects that move from community insight to institutional change — combining systems thinking, co-design and strategic frameworks to tackle complex real-world problems.
Case Studies
Four projects.
Real impact.
01
Parsons Capstone · 2025
EASE
Your go-to companion for life abroad
A mobile platform addressing the emotional, logistical and social challenges faced by international students transitioning to life in a new country — built on 30+ user interviews and a co-design methodology.
02
Community Design · 2024
The Point
Designing for The Bronx
A strategic design study of The Point CDC in Hunts Point, Bronx — mapping the economic ecology of a 16,000-resident community with 35.6% poverty rate and proposing interventions rooted in cultural identity.
03
Healthcare Design · 2024
Memorial Sloan Kettering
MSK Connect+
A peer-to-peer support network for cancer patients and caregivers — a complete implementation guide covering buddy-matching, caregiver programming, and a self-sustaining financial model endorsed for piloting by MSK leadership.
04
Climate Resilience · 2024
Safety First
Designing for resilience
A human-centred approach to climate emergency preparedness at The New School, Manhattan — combining 138 survey responses, stakeholder interviews and a three-channel communication framework endorsed by the Assistant Director of Emergency Operations.
01
Strategic Research
Primary and secondary research methodologies that build the evidential foundation for every design decision.
02
Systems Thinking
Mapping stakeholders, ecologies and feedback loops to understand problems at the scale they actually exist.
03
Co-design
Working directly with communities, clinicians and institutions to develop solutions that hold up in practice.
04
UX & Prototyping
From lo-fi sketches to hi-fidelity prototypes tested with real users — iteration grounded in feedback.
05
Strategy & Delivery
Proposals designed to be implemented — with financial models, roadmaps and stakeholder buy-in built in.
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AI & Data
Leveraging qualitative and quantitative data alongside AI tools to surface insight and accelerate synthesis.