I design learning experiences and AI strategy for the future of higher education.
My work sits at the intersection of emerging technology, human-centered design, and helping organizations put new tools to real, practical use. I start with the people and the problem, never the technology: prototype, put it in front of real users, and don’t scale until the evidence says it works.
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Student Support RoutingCopaMigoIn pilot in the program’s Discord. A multilingual AI triage tool that answers in the student’s own language and routes the problem to the right human service, with answers supplied by the staff who do the work.
Student Journey Barriers StudyTen-college usability studySynthetic-student agents walk the real student journey across ten Maricopa colleges to find where students hit barriers, rated by severity and ranked.
Gemini Access StudyExamples of what Gemini blocks for students under 18Twenty-seven course assignments run in an under-18 account and an 18-and-older account, to show a district exactly what younger students cannot do.
Career Launch ToolRenderTraining wheels for building agents: students build a career-launch environment by hand and graduate owning the agents. Includes the scheduled agents built on the same pattern.
Student Support RoutingCopaMigoIn pilot in the program’s Discord. A multilingual AI triage tool that answers in the student’s own language and routes the problem to the right human service, with answers supplied by the staff who do the work.
Curriculum StrategyProgram DesignHow the Digital Media program is structured, from what industry asks for back to the courses.
Program RedesignStackable MicrocredentialsShort credentials that stack toward the degree, so students earn a resume-ready credential early.
Student CommunityDigital Media DiscordA closed community where students already are, for critique, group work, and tutoring, with an AI agent that posts entry-level jobs twice a week.
Program Recruitment OutreachRough CutRecruitment outreach for all four digital media programs, designed end to end with AI and aimed at the teachers and advisors who already have future students in their classrooms.
Course Review ToolDial Your CourseDrop in a Canvas course and nineteen checks run against it, from seat hours to accessibility to AI resistance, then the fixes come back.
Syllabus Compliance CheckSyllabus CheckerA submit-and-check tool that verifies syllabi against MCCCD and program requirements, replies to faculty instantly, and logs every submission.
Authentic Assessment SimulationsAI-resistant assessmentReplace the AI-cheatable exam with an authentic task the student performs and defends, including a built suite of graduate data-science simulations.
AI-Assisted Course DesignSynthetic SMEsA panel of AI agents drafts a course against a fixed checklist of quality standards, and the faculty member who would teach it signs off before a student sees it.
AI-Built Course, Expert ReviewedApplied Data ScienceAn experiment in building a graduate course with no subject-matter expert, then reviewed by one. Her estimate: about 78 percent usable as built.
AI Community of PracticeCampus early adoptersAdoption by example: thirty early adopters from faculty, staff and administration show colleagues what works. The only practitioner community of practice in the district, advising the campus and the district on AI.
Student Journey Barriers StudyTen-college usability studySynthetic-student agents walk the real student journey across ten Maricopa colleges to find where students hit barriers, rated by severity and ranked.
Emergency Move to Online TeachingMore than 45 faculty, one departmentA condensed training on the last day on campus, then one-on-one mentoring, moved more than 45 Art and Humanities faculty online in weeks. Most had never taught online.
Single Point of Contact HelpdeskOne phone number, one emailFour separate places to ask for help became one, with requests routed to functions, not to individual people. Recognized with an OIT technology award.
Campus LMS AdoptionDiscover, evaluate, adoptFive options weighed, one chosen, a pilot with early adopters, and nearly all faculty on one platform.
Student-Designed PublicationThe TravelerThe college’s award-winning student literary and visual arts publication. I advise the student design team through each production cycle.
Client-Work Design StudioDesign StudioReal clients, real briefs, real deadlines. Students took live campus work and shipped it, from a 95-foot mural to motion and publications.
Work-Based LearningInternship ProgramPlacing and mentoring students in real work with local businesses and industry partners.
Course RedesignIntro to Digital Arts, AVC 100A redesign with a student success module in every module.
Curriculum and Course DesignUX Design for Interactive MediaA new course designed from eleven industry competencies and authentically assessed.
Student-Taught ProjectDesign History, AVC 183Students research, design and teach a piece of design history to each other.
Road-Trip PlannerWayfinderA 15-day road trip with my son, planned with AI in a few hours around three nights at Yosemite. Its campground finder got us beach sites at Lake Tahoe three days before departure.
Bike Service RecordTrail LogA service record that follows a mountain bike for its whole life, so the maintenance history survives the sale. A prototype running on sample data.
Brand SystemBasic Needs HubA brand system for the campus basic-needs hub, with a student intern.