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I’m a CA Licensed Architect currently in Mendocino County looking for work in Architecture / Construction / Woodworking. I love to create human-scale furniture/objects that invite interaction and spark joy. My dream is to rekindle the connection between us & our built environment through thoughtful craft and careful detailing.
In May 2024, I finished two years at The Krenov School of Fine Furniture — time I spent slowing down a bit and immersing myself in the lessons of woodworking (and the secret magic of the school). I was at my workbench most the time, heightening my sensitivity to wood, the tools to work it, and to myself as the woodworker. I am incredibly lucky for the opportunity.
I was previously working in the field of architecture, pursuing my license before relocating to Mendocino. I worked in San Francisco at Síol Studios as an Assistant Project Manager, designing residential architecture primarily.
In the heat of the pandemic, I was in Santa Cruz working part-time as a Designer/Drafter at SpaceCamp Studio, a design-build practice led by Trevor Jones and part-time as a woodshop assistant to Andy Orsini at Andy’s Fine Woodworking.
My first job out of architecture school was as a Junior Designer/Technician at Neumann Sloat Arnold Architects, Inc. in Oakland — honing my building detailing skills and learning about the importance of waterproofing.
I graduated as a Bachelor of Architecture cum laude from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo June 2019. My year-long thesis project focused on the potential of adaptive re-use: connecting with existing environments and materials to create a beautiful convolution of stories in material and space.
I spent the school year of 2017/18 studying architecture and furniture design in Copenhagen, Denmark at DIS and the summer of 2017 touring/watercoloring architecture in Switzerland and Italy with a Cal Poly Abroad program.
I’m skilled in analog and digital representation (hand drawing, watercolors, Adobe Creative Suite, 3D digital modeling softwares, physical model making, woodworking) and I am excited to learn more about fabrication and construction.
A little more about me personally — I’m from the Bay Area in California (Montara / San Francisco / Alameda), I run as a daily life practice, I love to be outdoors (especially on my feet, on a bike or in the ocean swimming or surfing), I draw, watercolor, and read in my free time. I love to be deeply connected to my community and environment.
Síol Studios, San Francisco, CA, US, Assistant Project Manager
High-end residential architecture including landscape and interiors — producing and coordinating construction drawings, details, millwork drawings, design presentations, specifications.
Andy's Fine Woodworking, Santa Cruz, CA, US, Assistant Woodworker
Crafting wood furniture (cabinets, tables, including millwork for a restored victorian home), creating templates, models, and providing design assistance.
SpaceCamp, Santa Cruz, CA, US, Architectural Designer
Assisting in residential design, producing schematics, construction documents, details, visiting construction sites, and meeting with clients.
Neumann Sloat Arnold Architects LLP, Oakland, CA, US, Junior Designer / Technician
Producing construction document sets, architectural detailing with an emphasis in waterproofing, conducting site investigations of existing buildings and new construction, water testing, writing field reports, and working with a team.
Citizen Design, Seattle, WA, US, Design Intern
Preparing architectural drawings, diagrams, and renderings, coordinating construction drawings, developing design ideas, visiting job sites, assisting with code research, generating as-built drawings, planning special events and working collaboratively with teammates and design principal.
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA, US, BArch, Architecture
Bachelor of Architecture degree cum laude. Study abroad at DIS Copenhagen during 2017/18 school year (fourth year architecture school). Tau Sigma Delta Architecture Honors Society.