What drew you to design systems?

I love how they foster an environment and culture of continuously learning, growing, and connecting within a community. Being able to support people in their day-to-day work is so rewarding to me, especially when these tools or resources help to improve the access of everything we make.

Who have you learned from or been inspired by?

I've always loved watching talks by Alan Kay. The way he thinks about the future and inventing for it makes me so hopeful and excited.

I also enjoy revisiting talks from Sebastian Markbåge, Nicholas Matsakis, and Sandi Metz. I learn something new each time as I hear them talk about their approach to writing code and incrementally evolving complex systems over time.

When it comes to accessibility, I am forever grateful for all the resources, writing, and presentations from Adrian Roselli, Sarah Higley, and Scott O'Hara. Their work has been so influential to my own.

Finally, when it comes to building and supporting teams I've loved going through resources from Julie Zhou, Lara Hogan, and Will Larson.

Favorite tools

NeoVim, GitHub, ARIA APG, coffee, Figma, Spotify

Favorite CSS feature

var(--css-custom-properties)