Experience desigN | community | programming | hospitality development
Creating spaces people want
to be part of.
The spaces we create shape how people feel, how they connect, and ultimately, what becomes possible within them.
Over the last several years, my work has expanded beyond one-on-one mentorship and teaching into the spaces where people gather—from wellness and community spaces to retreat consulting, workshops, and experiences.
I'm interested in what makes those spaces actually work: how people are welcomed in, how programming creates connection, how a brand becomes something people feel part of and how all of the small decisions around an experience add up to something meaningful.
I work collaboratively with organizations, founders, and teams who are thinking about these questions too.
WHERE I CAN CONTRIBUTE
experience + hospitality
The experience begins long before the actual offering.
I look at the full journey, from how someone first encounters a space to how they're welcomed, what happens while they're there, and what makes them want to return.
I help identify the details, systems, and elements that can make an experience feel more thoughtful, intuitive, and human.
community +
programming
Community isn't something we can manufacture, but we can create better conditions for it.
My background in facilitation informs how I think about experiences designed around growth and transformation.
I work with organizations and businesses to think through programming, gatherings, partnerships, and recurring experiences that give people real reasons to participate, connect, and develop a relationship with a place over time.
brand + direction
A brand isn't only how something looks. It's the accumulation of everything people experience.
I help clarify the feeling an organization is trying to create and look at how its language, visual identity, physical environment, programming, partnerships, and guest experience can tell the same story.
I tend to notice what could be better.
HOW I WORK
The awkward moment when someone doesn't know where to go. The beautiful space nobody is lingering in. The program that could become a ritual. The partnership that would make perfect sense. The tiny operational decision that's getting in the way of the experience you're actually trying to create.
This work sits somewhere between strategy and intuition.
I pay close attention to how something feels, and I'm equally interested in what it takes to make the idea actually work.
Depending on the project, that might mean an experience audit and a fresh set of eyes, developing a new program or offering together, shaping a retreat from the ground up, or becoming a more ongoing thought partner as something grows.
I don't come in with a formula. I want to understand what you're creating, why it matters, who's participating, and what you want people to experience and build from there.
work in practice
Drip Sauna
Asheville, NC
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My work with Drip Sauna has given me the opportunity to work across nearly every part of a growing, community-centered wellness business. I work closely with the team to think about not only what we offer, but how it feels to experience Drip from the first interaction with the brand to what happens on site and what makes someone want to return.
That means my work can move from programming and community to brand, partnerships, events, marketing, operations and all the details in between. I’m often the person looking across those pieces, noticing what could work better and helping figure out how to make it happen.
WHO this is for
Let's create something meaningful.
I’m especially interested in working with people creating places and experiences with a real point of view: retreat and education centers, wellness and hospitality concepts, community spaces, mission-driven organizations, and founders building something they want people to genuinely feel part of.
You don't need to know exactly what you need before reaching out.
Sometimes the most useful place to begin is simply showing me what you're building and telling me what's not quite working yet—or what you know could be better.
HAVE SOMETHING IN MIND?
I'd love to hear what you're creating.
If you're building a space, developing an experience, rethinking how people engage with your organization or simply feel like another perspective could be useful, let’s connect.
Tell me a little about what you're working on, where you are in the process, and what you're curious about exploring together.