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A FEW DESIGN ACCOLADES

  • I was nominated and won a 2023 Global Footwear Award in the RUNNING/TRAIL RUNNING category for the Charged Pursuit 2 SE.

  • I was asked to be a SneakerWeek PDX 2023 Design Judge. The judges panel included me, Steven Smith, Andy Croll and Kristina Gerig. I was honored to be judging along side footwear industry legends. While the contestants participated in the Design Columbine, (a Gravity Sketch task) the panel answered Q & A from the audience and the MC. We critiqued the contestants design work at each step and gave an overall score at the end.

  • I was mentioned in a post from a SneakerWeekPDX Co-founder for being a footwear design judge at SneakerWeekPDX 2023. Post written by Herbert Beauclere in August of 2023.

  • I was featured in a Today Show article as an industry expert on what to look for in cross training shoes in February of 2023. Interviewed by Sierra Hoeger.

  • I gave a design presentation to University of Oregon Sports Management Graduate Class and answered Q & A with Under Armour VP of Footwear Design, Justin Howe in September 2023.

  • I collaborated with the Program Director of Industrial Design at Kansas State in April of 2023 to create their first Performance Footwear Design Studio. I gave the brief to the class along with a footwear sketching and presentation tutorial, answered Q & A and critiqued their final presentations.

  • REI and TravelOregon both used my photography for their brand instagram pages in October 2023, and again in December. It was one of REI’s most liked posts of 2023.

  • I was recognized by Under Armour with a PRISM AWARD for my footwear design work in Q2 of 2021.

  • I graduated from Iowa State in the top 10 of my class and made the ISUDean’sList from 2015-2018.

  • I received a High Distinction Award for my Microsoft Sponsored Design project from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia in June of 2017.

  • Mississippi Valley Conference All Academic Award Women’s Track and Field 2013 & 2014.

  • XHS Mural 2014 - was nominated by the high school to paint a large scale mural that is still hanging in the hallway today.