My research lives at the intersection of creative design practice, mindfulness pedagogy, and sustainable professional culture. It is deeply informed by both my lived experience as a creative professional and my ongoing practice as a yoga and mindfulness teacher. These dual perspectives continually inform and challenge each other—grounding my scholarship in real-world experience while expanding how I understand creativity, wellness, and learning.

Through this lens, I explore how embodied awareness, intentional process, and restorative practices can reshape the ways creatives and students learn, work, and thrive. My research investigates burnout in the design industry, mindfulness in art and design education, and the role of process-oriented practice—rather than outcome-driven hustle—in cultivating longevity and well-being in creative careers.

Drawing from my years directing a design agency, teaching in higher education, and leading mindfulness practices, I take a hybrid, practice-led research approach that bridges theory and lived experience. My current projects focus on integrating mindfulness into art and design education as a pathway to student learning, creativity, and career readiness. I have presented this work at academic and professional conferences, and my first journal article is currently under review.

Through writing, teaching, and creative practice, I aim to advance the conversation around sustainable creative work—demonstrating how mindfulness and design together can transform not only how we create, but how we live and work as artists, educators, and entrepreneurs.