How did you get into Neurodesign?

I designed sets and spaces for commercials and advertisements for most of my career. While they were often artistically satisfying to create, their capacity for personal fulfillment ended there. I had the opportunity to work on a Christmas project for Hulu that changed my hopes for my work. We created screensavers of puppies and kitties “opening” presents for the 2019 holiday. I hadn’t thought much about the project's impact while making it. After it aired, and I started to see its effects on people's lives, I wanted to be more intentional about how my work impacted others. The feedback from that video changed my entire outlook on why I design, and I decided to complete a Master's Degree in Experience Design. 

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What do you think about when you’re alone in your car?

I mostly wonder about random things--like whether or not spiders have eyelashes. 

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How would you sell hot cocoa in Florida?

Boisterously with lots of jokes.

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What is something no one would guess about you?

I have aphantasia, which means I am not able to form any mental images.

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If you could only

Teach me something I don’t know in the next five minutes.

If you are trying to determine if an egg is still good, you can put it in a bowl of water. If it sinks, it is a fresh egg. If it sinks but stands up on end a bit, it's older, but also the perfect age to hard-boil because it will be easy to peel. If it floats,

it's gone bad.

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