On design, editorial work, and the ideas I can't stop thinking about
Notes from editing a national youth publication, designing for communities, and figuring out — mostly in real time — what good work actually asks of you.
What young writers get right (that professionals often don't)
After months of editing student submissions from across the country, I noticed something that surprised me: youth writers have an advantage professionals rarely talk about.
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What happens when you hand young people the right tools
As Founding VP of Marketing & Community, I helped run the first-ever vibe-coding healthcare hackathon for high schoolers. Here's what building the community around it taught me.
August 11, 2026Five things I didn't know about editing before I started
The unglamorous reality of managing a national student editorial cycle — from rewriting ledes at midnight to knowing when to leave a voice alone.
July 1, 2026What Milei's polling numbers taught me about reading politics
Editing a piece on Peronism and Argentina's center-right forced me to confront how little I knew — and how to edit across that gap.
June 28, 2026
How I design meeting posters that people actually save
The visual thinking behind the Milpitas MUN Instagram campaign — and what makes a graphic stop the scroll instead of disappearing into it.
June 20, 2026Who gets to be an author? Editing in the age of AI
I edited a piece about AI authorship for a national publication while using AI tools myself. The irony wasn't lost on me.
June 15, 2026Designing for someone who is already exhausted
What I learned from building medimatefoundation.org: when your user is a caregiver searching at midnight, every design decision is a small act of care.
June 10, 2026
Designing for a club is designing for belonging
What the Leo Club illustrated brand system taught me: the real job of a community graphic is to make someone feel like they already belong before they've walked in the door.
June 5, 2026What selling clothes online taught me about design
Depop as a design challenge: how do you convince a stranger across the country to trust you enough to buy something they can't touch?
May 18, 2026