/about
I turn barriers into launchpads—
and brands into legends.
/about
I turn barriers into launchpads—
and brands into legends.
/about
I turn barriers into launchpads—
and brands into legends.
One-Minute Bio
It all started in the 1980s
Born Deaf the year Nintendo invaded living rooms, I learned storytelling from 8-bit cartridges, LEGO bricks, and comic books. By high school—when reality TV ruled every channel—I hijacked the AV cart to film my own unscripted chaos. That DIY impulse never left. Amazon entrusted me to build an in-house interpreting agency and bake accessibility into products. Today I still prototype in LEGO, storyboard like comics, and treat every brief like reality TV: keep the camera rolling, something good is about to happen.
My MANifesto
I torch “minimum viable access” and build tech that moonwalks past compliance into can-everyone-use-this-blindfolded delight. Apple says tech only matters when it “empowers everyone.” Microsoft vows to “empower every person on the planet.” Google's goal? Universal access. Adobe calls accessibility the engine of creativity.
Cool. I’m the rebel who wires those manifestos into the project brief at day zero—then shoves the brief onto every desk until the product sings in captions, haptics, high-contrast, and plain language.
I lead teams like a punk-rock stage dive: leap first, pull everyone in, leave no one. Because when access leads, innovation isn’t a department—it’s the air we breathe.
Recognition and Impact
Hot Off the Presses
I don’t it for fame—I do it so no one's left out. Any spotlight on me is a barrier cracked open for someone else.
Press
Date
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies
2025
International Association of Accessibility Professionals
40 Under 40 Honoree
2021
Puget Sound Business Journal—Seattle, WA
Amazon's Michael Nesmith on Being a Deaf Art Director
2019
Day One Blog, Amazon's Public Newsletter—Seattle, WA
First In-House Interpreting Agency for a Corporate
2019
Forbes
On Being A Deaf Creative Director
2019
CampaignUS
Mapping New Terrain
2017
The Artists' Magazine
Atlas of Design, Volume 3
2016
North American Cartographic Information Society
Adobe Design Achievement Awards
2015
Print Communications Category
Biggest Impact to Date
First In-House ASL Interpreting Agency
for a Corporate
Overnight, Deaf talent stopped renting voices and started owning the conversation. Accommodations started the day of the interview. Biggest mic-drop of my career so far—and the echo’s still hiring.
Full-Time Interpreters Globally
Including China, India, EU, and Mexico.
Number of Deaf Employees
In corporate offices and fulfillment centers.
Disability Equality Index
Set a new bar for how companies hire talent.
One-Minute Bio
It all started in the 1980s
Born Deaf the year Nintendo invaded living rooms, I learned storytelling from 8-bit cartridges, LEGO bricks, and comic books. By high school—when reality TV ruled every channel—I hijacked the AV cart to film my own unscripted chaos. That DIY impulse never left. Amazon entrusted me to build an in-house interpreting agency and bake accessibility into products. Today I still prototype in LEGO, storyboard like comics, and treat every brief like reality TV: keep the camera rolling, something good is about to happen.
My MANifesto
I torch “minimum viable access” and build tech that moonwalks past compliance into can-everyone-use-this-blindfolded delight. Apple says tech only matters when it “empowers everyone.” Microsoft vows to “empower every person on the planet.” Google's goal? Universal access. Adobe calls accessibility the engine of creativity.
Cool. I’m the rebel who wires those manifestos into the project brief at day zero—then shoves the brief onto every desk until the product sings in captions, haptics, high-contrast, and plain language.
I lead teams like a punk-rock stage dive: leap first, pull everyone in, leave no one. Because when access leads, innovation isn’t a department—it’s the air we breathe.
Recognition and Impact
Hot Off the Presses
I don’t design for awards—I design so no one’s left out. Any spotlight on me is a barrier cracked open for someone else.
Press
Date
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies
2025
International Association of Accessibility Professionals
40 Under 40 Honoree
2021
Puget Sound Business Journal—Seattle, WA
Amazon's Michael Nesmith on Being a Deaf Art Director
2019
Day One Blog, Amazon's Public Newsletter—Seattle, WA
First In-House Interpreting Agency for a Corporate
2019
Forbes
On Being A Deaf Creative Director
2019
CampaignUS
Mapping New Terrain
2017
The Artists' Magazine
Atlas of Design, Volume 3
2016
North American Cartographic Information Society
Adobe Design Achievement Awards
2015
Print Communications Category
Biggest Impact to Date
First In-House ASL Interpreting
Agency for a Corporate
Overnight, Deaf talent stopped renting voices and started owning the conversation. Accommodations started the day of the interview. Biggest mic-drop of my career so far—and the echo’s still hiring.
Full-Time Interpreters Globally
Including China, India, EU, and Mexico.
Number of Deaf Employees
In corporate offices and fulfillment centers.
Disability Equality Index
Set a new bar for how companies hire talent.
One-Minute Bio
It all started in the 1980s
Born Deaf the year Nintendo invaded living rooms, I learned storytelling from 8-bit cartridges, LEGO bricks, and comic books. By high school—when reality TV ruled every channel—I hijacked the AV cart to film my own unscripted chaos. That DIY impulse never left. Amazon entrusted me to build an in-house interpreting agency and bake accessibility into products. Today I still prototype in LEGO, storyboard like comics, and treat every brief like reality TV: keep the camera rolling, something good is about to happen.
My MANifesto
I torch “minimum viable access” and build tech that moonwalks past compliance into can-everyone-use-this-blindfolded delight. Apple says tech only matters when it “empowers everyone.” Microsoft vows to “empower every person on the planet.” Google's goal? Universal access. Adobe calls accessibility the engine of creativity.
Cool. I’m the rebel who wires those manifestos into the project brief at day zero—then shoves the brief onto every desk until the product sings in captions, haptics, high-contrast, and plain language.
I lead teams like a punk-rock stage dive: leap first, pull everyone in, leave no one. Because when access leads, innovation isn’t a department—it’s the air we breathe.
Recognition and Impact
Hot Off the Presses
I don’t design for awards—I design so no one’s left out. Any spotlight on me is a barrier cracked open for someone else.
Press
Date
Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies
2025
International Association of Accessibility Professionals
40 Under 40 Honoree
2021
Puget Sound Business Journal—Seattle, WA
Amazon's Michael Nesmith on Being a Deaf Art Director
2019
Day One Blog, Amazon's Newsletter—Seattle, WA
First In-House Interpreting Agency for a Corporate
2019
Forbes
On Being A Deaf Creative Director
2019
CampaignUS
Mapping New Terrain
2017
The Artists' Magazine
Atlas of Design, Volume 3
2016
North American Cartographic Information Society
Adobe Design Achievement Awards
2015
Print Communications Category
Biggest Impact to Date
First In-House ASL Interpreting Agency
for a Corporate
Overnight, Deaf talent stopped renting voices and started owning the conversation. Accommodations started the day of the interview. Biggest mic-drop of my career so far—and the echo’s still hiring.
Full-Time Interpreters Globally
Including China, India, EU, and Mexico.
Number of Deaf Employees
In corporate offices and fulfillment centers.
Disability Equality Index
Set a new bar for how companies hire talent.
Accessibility is the
innovation engine.
Build for edge cases first; the mainstream will follow.
Meet my partners who are part of making the future inclusive.
Accessibility is the
innovation engine.
Build for edge cases first; the mainstream will follow.
Meet my partners who are part of making the future inclusive.
Accessibility is the
innovation engine.
Build for edge cases first;
the mainstream will follow.
Meet my partners who are part of making the future inclusive.
