experience
CoFounder Team Associate
Golden Valley, Minnesota
July 2023 - Present
​Supporting cross functional cofounder teams with coordinating and executing consumer learning experiments while collaborating with team members in design, product development, strategy, and marketing. Staying flexible with the teams to allow for quick and effective pivots based on consumer and market learnings. Managing relationships and contracts with vendors while keeping colleagues up to date on best practices when using their tools.
Product Design Teaching Assistant​
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Aug 2021 - May 2023 · 1 yr 10
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Course: Creative Design Methods
​Reviewed the design work of undergraduate design students and provided feedback on ways to strengthen their design process.
Course: Product Innovation Lab
Prepared materials needed for instruction and course organization, such as brainstorming tools, Google forms, and entering grades. Managed over $10,000 of finances across 10, 5-6 student teams.
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STEM Educator
Bloomington, Minnesota
May 2022 - Jan 2023 · 9 mos
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Led the implementation of STEM and design summer camps at a new location through organization, communication, and teaching. Prototyped different project possibilities when challenges arose during a camp session.
STEM Educator
Bloomington, Minnesota
May 2021 - Aug 2021 · 4 mos
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Led hour and half hour long workshops, both virtually and in-person, as well as week-long summer camps, for elementary children that introduced STEM concepts and the design process through hands-on projects.
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STEM Educator
Bloomington, Minnesota
May 2019 - Aug 2019 · 4 mos
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Encouraged the design process in elementary children through hands-on STEM workshops and camps. Redesigned a carpentry summer camp for elementary children in order to create a more positive experience. Taught the redesigned camp and further refined the curriculum.