Awards & Recognition

Advisory Board Member, NYU Incubator. May 2023 - May 2024.
Finalist, Game Developer of the Year, The *GameHers Awards. March 2024.
Nomination, Diversity Advocate, The *GameHers Awards. January 2024.
Nomination, Rising Star of the Year, The *GameHers Awards. January 2024.
Selecting Juror for the G4C Awards. Games for Change, May 2023.
Recognized graduate in The Princeton Review’s “Top Game Design Programs” article (pdf), March 2023.
Future Class Award Recipient, The Game Awards. December 2022.
“Next Gen Leaders” Award, IGDA Foundation Virtual Exchange. August 2022.
Selecting Juror for the G4C Awards. Games for Change, May 2022.
Recognized graduate in The Princeton Review’s “The Best Game Design Programs” article (pdf), February 2022.
Games for Change XR Fellowship Recipient. Games for Change, May 2019.
Founders' Day Award. New York University, May 2018.
University Honors Scholar. New York University, May 2018.
Tisch School of the Arts Game Design Representative. New York University, Fall 2016 - May 2018.

Mentorship & Volunteer work

Mentor, The Game Production Guild. February 2024 - Present.
Industry Advisor, NYU Incubator. May 2023 - Present.
Mentor, IGDA Mentorship program. Spring 2023 - January 2024.
Mentor, Activision Blizzard King (ABK) Mentorship Program. February 2023 - Present.
Mentor, Conference Associate Mentorship Program at GDC. March 2023.
Industry Mentor, Cross-Cultural Impact Jam (program for game dev students in Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Chile, Brazil, and USA). November 2022.
Volunteer, IGDA Foundation, November 2022 - Present.
Mentor, Women in Games International (WIGI). September 2022.

“Production Studio” guest lecturer and Q&A, New York University, December 2023.
Activision Blizzard employee representative, Fall 2023 Opportunities Conference. Barnard College & Columbia University, September 2023.
“Revising Your Resume: An Iterative Case Study” session speaker. IGDA Foundation Alumni Weekend, July 2023.
“Diablo IV: An Accessible and Inclusive ARPG”. The Game Awards Future Class Newsletter, June 2023.
Guest speaker & judge for “Intro to Game Design” class event. Bloomfield College, April 2022.
Impact games lecturer for “Interactive Media” course. Harrisburg University, September 2021.
Speaker for “Serious Games Developer Program: A G4C Case Study”. G4C Festival, July 2021.
Moderator for “Driving Impact Design with Developers in Ukraine” panel. G4C Festival, July 2021.
Speaker for “VR/AR Panel”. Waffle games 4.0 by the EGD Collective (The City University of New York), April 2021.
“You Got the Gig!” Series blog post with the NYU Game Center, New York University, March 2021.
Guest speaker & Portfolio Reviews. “Survival Skills” course at the NYU Game Center. New York University, November 2020.
“From the XR4C Fellow: First G4C Festival.” Blog post for XR for Change. Games for Change, August 2019.
“Chrysalis.” Capstone presentation at New York University, May 2018.
“Women In Games.” Talk co-hosted with Jennifer Allaway. National Student Leadership Conference at American University, July 2016.