Welcome

I'm a QA Engineer at Gaia GPS, a mapping app in the Outside ecosystem, where I test new mobile and web features, identify and reproduce bugs, and track down regressions. I'm passionate about improving software usability and accessibility — reducing barriers to entry has been a throughline across my entire career.

I started at OverDrive, the leading digital distributor of ebooks and audiobooks to the library market, where I spent five years as a content metadata specialist. From there, I moved into public librarianship as the Collections & Virtual Services Manager at Willoughby-Eastlake Public Library, managing digital collections and teaching technology classes. Today, that same focus on access and usability shows up in the software I test and the bugs I chase down.

Education, usability, and accessibility have anchored my academic and professional life since earning my MLIS from Kent State in 2009. I believe sharing knowledge and resources with our community is one of the most powerful things we can do — and I've consistently sought ways to improve access to information as the technology landscape shifts and evolves.

Although I grew up in Ohio, I've also spent time living on the shores of Ireland and in the mountains of Scotland. Outside of work, you'll find me hiking the trails of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, baking a weekly sourdough loaf, or tending my native plant garden. A technology generalist fueled by curiosity. Favorite podcasts include: On Being and Radiolab.

"The impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you." — Annie Dillard