Learning Design
Featured Learning Assets
In my current consulting role at nectar.inc, I collaborate with colleges and universities to reimagine online and hybrid learning across disciplines—from Cybersecurity and Public Health to Commerce and Digital Storytelling. As part of a cross-functional team, I lead the design of engaging, accessible, and outcomes-driven learning experiences that support both faculty innovation and student success.
This role has challenged me to translate complex, technical content into meaningful, learner-friendly experiences—often in subject areas that are new to me. I regularly draw on my background in creative writing, instructional design, and coaching to bring clarity, personality, and strategy to each project. Whether I’m building a course design kit, writing student-facing copy, or guiding a stressed SME through a major course redesign, I blend empathy with structure to keep things moving—and keep the learning human.
I’ve also led the development of interactive assets using tools like H5P, Brightspace, ClickUp, SharePoint, and Canvas. For example, I partnered with Dr. Dhananji Amaratunge (Director of Microsoft Security Copilot) to create a series of gamified crosswords and companion study guides for a cybersecurity course—turning weekly content review into a metacognitive growth opportunity. Projects like these reflect what I love most about instructional design: the opportunity to learn something new every day, collaborate with smart and passionate people, and create learning that works.
Cyber Information Security | CUNY Online
Cybersecurity Crossword Challenge
Gamified Content Review & Learning Strategy
As part of CUNY’s Online Excellence Initiative, I partnered with the Director of Microsoft CoPilot and a cybersecurity professor to design weekly interactive crossword puzzles that gamify technical content. When learners encountered challenges, I co-created a companion study guide that reframed the activity as a scaffolded metacognitive tool.
Instructional Impact
Applied gamification to increase engagement and encourage repetition
Promoted self-directed learning and confidence among nontraditional learners
Iterated based on learner feedback to support both content mastery and study skills development
This project highlights:
My ability to transform content review into inclusive, game-based learning tools that promote both confidence and metacognition.
Tools Used
H5P, Brightspace, Canva
Ace the “Tell Me About Yourself” Interview Questions Avatar Video | University of Virginia
Ace the “Tell Me About Yourself” Interview Question
Role-Playing Video | Storytelling, Personal Branding & Cross-Industry Skill-Building
This self-paced video experience transforms a high-stakes professional challenge—answering the classic “Tell me about yourself” interview question—into a gamified, story-driven learning moment. Created with Synthesia, this piece helps learners across industries develop clarity, confidence, and communication skills through persona-driven role-play.
Instructional Impact
Simplified a high-pressure scenario into a six-step, story-based learning framework
Integrated multi-industry feedback to balance brand voice, instructional clarity, and creative tone
Built the project as a first-time Synthesia user—demonstrating rapid learning and platform fluency
This project highlights:
My ability to design elegant, learner-focused solutions under constraints—transforming complex skills into accessible, high-impact digital assets.
Tools Used
Synthesia, Canva, Google Docs, Zoom (for testing and feedback), Synthesia Academy
Gamified Learning | CIS 359: Information Assurance
What | interactive review crossword
Audience | Students in CIS 359: Information Assurance at the Borough of Manhattan Community College
Instructions | Ready to Flex Your Cyber Muscles? Did you read the book and take time to review other reading materials and more importantly remember what you read? Are you ready to prove it with our weekly Cybersecurity Crossword Challenge! These brain-teasing puzzles are designed to test your knowledge and reinforce what you've learned from our readings, lectures, and other resources. It's like a digital escape room for your mind—solve the clues, uncover the key concepts, and become a master of cybersecurity lingo! Can you crack the code and complete the puzzle? Let's see if you have what it takes to be the ultimate cybersecurity sleuth!
Tools Used | H5P, Brightspace
McIntire School of Commerce | University of Virginia
What | asynchronous online cornerstone course for incoming 2nd year students
As Learning Design Lead, I am solely responsible for the end-to-end development of a nine-week, asynchronous course that will be a cornerstone experience for 400 incoming students per year. I am leveraging everything in my diverse skillset as I coordinate course development with nine staff leads and three administrators (who bring expertise but no classroom teaching experience); generate multimedia assets that will appeal to students, donors, and board members; design assessments that evaluate a range of hard and soft skills; and coordinate media production with a remote internal team. I write original video scripts to make learning memorable and design knowledge checks and branching scenarios that allow learners to influence the direction of their learning experience and engage with content in an active, story-driven way.