Game Designer • Serious Games • Design Researcher
I design games that change behavior and shift attitudes. My work spans public health, climate adaptation, digital well-being, and civic engagement. For over a decade, I've created play-based interventions for UNICEF, the World Bank, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre, the World Wildlife Fund, DARPA, and the World Economic Forum. My games have reached tens of thousands of people across 20+ countries.
#HalfTheStory • Lead Game Designer
Designed dozens of games teaching digital well-being to youth. Led focus groups and design sessions with hundreds of young people. Used AI to rapidly prototype materials and facilitation guides.
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UNICEF Ghana • Lead Game Designer
A culturally-grounded play-based intervention that generated measurable increases in handwashing with soap among Ghanaian primary school children. Based on traditional Ghanaian folklore with songs, dance, and games.
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UBS Optimus Foundation • Design Team Lead
A multi-format curriculum driving behavior change around toilet use and handwashing in Tamil Nadu, India. Designed physical games, a mobile game, songs, and animated stories featuring beloved Indian cartoon character Chhota Bheem.
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Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre & Plan International • Lead Game Designer
A 7-session curriculum helping young people understand climate change and take practical adaptation action in their communities. Implemented across the Philippines, Haiti, Guatemala, Lebanon, Uganda, and the Maldives.
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World Economic Forum • AI Design Consultant
Pioneered use of generative AI (ChatGPT + Midjourney) to create cartoons that help policymakers discuss climate contradictions and paradoxes. Featured at Sustainable Development Impact Meetings 2023.
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World Bank • Game Designer
A simulation where policymakers role-play infrastructure investment decisions under climate uncertainty. Players must balance resilient vs. efficient infrastructure, weighing trade-offs between preparation and direct disaster mitigation.
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DARPA / Northeastern University • Game Designer & Project Manager
An Alternate Reality Game facilitated by Slack chatbots, designed as a research instrument to measure adaptability in team settings. Teams solved puzzles across digital and physical spaces over a week-long experience.
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World Wildlife Fund • Game Designer
A tabletop roleplay game that teaches the importance of river-basin report cards for freshwater management. Players represent competing stakeholders and must collaborate to raise their basin's health grade. Launched at World Water Week, IUCN Congress, and International Riversymposium.
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