At a high level, I am interested in building sustainable and equitable employment pathways and worker-centred technologies for displaced peoples and temporary labour forces. As a scholar-activist and a social scientist dedicated to critical computing and environmental studies, my work is interdisciplinary, and informed by theories from Science and Technology Studies, critical design, material studies, environmental sociology and, postcolonial and decolonial studies. My research outcomes are directed to support community-based knowledge sharing and interventions wherever possible through partnerships with local and global organizations that support migrants.

I am currently conducting fieldwork for my dissertation at University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information and School of Environment, supervised by Dr. Matt Ratto. My doctoral work investigates the social, political, and ecological circumstances of how migrant farm labor and agricultural technologies (agtech) shape large-scale commercial farming practices and interrogates how these labor production systems can be redirected to support more sustainable and socially equitable agricultural practices. My academic scholarship has been funded by a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto’s Faculty Excellence Award, the Ontario Graduate Scholarship, among others.

Prior to my doctoral studies, I worked as a design strategist and researcher for four years in financial and non-profit services. I graduated from McGill University with an honours in Cultural Studies and a double minor in Religious Studies and Canadian Ethnic Studies. Following that, I worked as a high school English teacher in Japan for three years before completing my Master of Information at University of Toronto in Information Systems and User Experience Design.

In my free time, I enjoy playing squash, cooking, and skateboarding. I also dedicate my time to community organizing with initiatives such as United Food and Commercial Workers and Guelph Migrant Justice. I am committed to upholding my responsibilities in solidarity with communities to help dismantle settler colonialism, racial capitalism, and heteropatriarchy.