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Experience

LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, San Francisco. Senior Designer in the Media and Accessible Design Laboratory. 2015-present.

Nikolas Weinstein Studios, San Francisco. Production Assistant. Briefly in 2015 assembling glass sculptures, performing quality checks on tiny connecting parts of glass sculptures.

Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, Chicago. Guest Relations Rep, mostly at the Robie House. 2014.

Education

University of California, Berkeley. Master of Architecture.

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art.

Guest Lectures

University of Chicago, 2021

Illinois State University, 2020, 2021, 2022

Conference Presentations

CSUN 2019

CTEBVI 2018, 2019

Work in Publications

Motherboard – VICE. Vital Coronavirus Information Is Failing the Blind and Visually Impaired by Melanie Ehrenkranz. Apr. 9, 2020.

Work in Exhibitions

Oakland Museum of California. BART tactile map and other tactile map collaborations in You Are Here: California Stories on the Map. March 2020-2023.

de Young Museum. Tactile Frida Kahlo portrait in Frida Kahlo: Appearances Can Be Deceiving. March 2020