I believe relationships are more important than results. When the project is done—the exhibit launched, the plan printed—the relationships you built don’t end. They become the foundation of the next.

I believe authenticity is more powerful than authority. I’ll tell you when I don’t know, and we’ll figure it out together. I bring a sense of humor and collaboration into everything I do, personal and professional. It’s my goal to make every project I’m privileged to be part of fun, first of all.

I believe projects should be grounded in kindness, and respect. That means listening deeply, honoring lived experience, and creating space for dialogue and trust at every stage of the process.

I believe communities are stronger when everyone is reflected in cultural spaces. People need to see themselves, their families, and their communities in the stories we choose to tell. Interpretation should ensure that everyone can find a piece of themselves in the stories being told.

I believe interpretation should invite dialogue, not give answers. Good interpretation doesn’t close the book on a story—it opens it wider. It invites people to make their own meaning. It starts a conversation between the past and the present, between place and visitor.