01 — Party Planner
Online at the Overlook Hotel
In October 2020, with the pandemic forcing celebrations indoors, I built "Online at the Overlook Hotel" — an immersive, Shining-themed virtual Halloween party that brought nearly 100 people together across the country. Custom rooms, live programming, and a website that made a video call feel like a destination.
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02 — Music Producer
Velvet Devereaux, the soundtrack
With my husband, I'm one half of Velvet Devereaux — a DJ duo spinning funk, soul, hip-hop, and Latin rhythms. From living-room sessions to packed parties, it's proof that good taste travels across genres, and the through-line that keeps the rest of the work in rhythm.
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03 — Community
Showing up, up close
Some of my most meaningful work happens far from a boardroom. As a CASA advocate with Child Advocates of Silicon Valley and a chapter director for the New Leaders Council, I mentored, designed programs, and worked to connect people who'd been systematically excluded to real opportunity.
I built a program for that too — but the deepest version of the work turned out to be one person at a time. I became a foster and then adoptive parent, and went all in on a single young life rather than scaling a curriculum. Same through-line as everything else here: show up, and make room for someone to become who they're going to be.
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The Book
Adventures in Pixel Bullying (to be named book)
Eleven years inside a startup taught me things no design school covers — how to build a team from scratch, how to keep craft alive at 20,000 ads a quarter, and how to lead people through an acquisition without losing them or yourself. I'm writing it all down: what scaled, what broke, and what creative people actually need from a leader when everything changes at once. This site is the notebook; the book is where it all comes together.
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