About Me
I love connections, specifically, the ones between and within systems and structures. I study the effects of those connections on communities through the lens of inequality.
I also make and study textiles from two frames of reference. The first is the narrative property of a textile – how they tell a story. The second has to do with structural properties of textiles and the applied effect.
A resolute believer in multiple experiences, I have been blessed to navigate and spend time in different worlds. Captivated at an early age with textiles, I trained as a textile and materials engineer/scientist and spent over three decades researching and developing textiles for industrial and medical uses with the majority of my time at Johnson & Johnson, Inc. Over the years, I turned to studying social science researching and defending my dissertation on public health and the conditions of premature death for marginalized populations. Combine these distinct experiences in different countries and cultures I have worked and studied in and I find myself coming back to my fascination with textiles as I now use them to illustrate observations of the social world through fiber.