USAID – Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) Unleash Your Creativity – Develop A Creative Toolbox 4-Week Online Workshop Series (April – May 2021) Description The Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) supports U.S. foreign policy objectives and helps advance peace and democracy. I had the pleasure of collaborating with two creative teams from the USAID OTI […]
Economic & Cultural Context for Design
Parsons School of Design at The New School Continuing & Professional Education Certificate Program – Design Leadership for Business Economic and Cultural Context for Design, Spring, Summer, Fall 2019 – 2021 Description This 6-week intensive online course is part of a five course certificate program to develop well rounded leaders in design and business. Since […]
University Pedagogy Innovation
Iona College, June 2020 Pedagogy Innovation Master Classes for Professors Designed for Provost Darrell Wheeler’s Pedagogy Innovation Initiative Description Provost Darrell Wheeler invited me to present two 3-hour master classes to a group of Iona faculty, whose proposals for new educational programs had recently been accepted into his Iona innovation initiative. Their proposals are both […]
Cross-Pollination for Science Innovation
Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) Creativity for Cross-Pollination Innovation Designed for BIST Ignite! , January 2021 Description Scientists from multiple BIST research centers attended a 4-session online workshops series to develop skills for cross-pollination collaboration and innovation. All sessions utilized the creative sprint method to practice applying creative tools immediately. I designed this […]
Ideation for Fashion Innovation
IED Istituto Europeo di Design Barcelona Bachelor of Arts Fashion Design – Fashion Management Program Ideation Workshop, January 2018-21 Description This is my fourth year collaborating with Professor Elena Salcedo at IED and working with this unique group of bachelor fashion design students. Each January Profesor Salcedo leads her students through an intensive one-month process […]
Hacking Food Waste
Culinary Institute of Barcelona (CIB) 21st Century Creativity & Innovation for the Food Industry 5-Day Design Thinking Bootcamp – Hacking Food Waste Jan, May, Sept 2021-2022 Description Full-time students in the Haute Cuisine Chef Program engage in a 5-day Design Thinking Bootcamp. Their Design Challenge for the week is to reduce food waste within the […]
The Creative Experience Project
Arts Meet Bizness, a Cultural Initiative Resident at Fabra i Coats – Art Factory Barcelona (2018, 2019) Description During a two-year cultural residency at the multidisciplinary creative arts center Fabra i Coats, I developed an educational program and creative experience, in which the combined use of creative space and the techniques used by artists from […]