Higher Education

Right now, I teach part-time at both USC Games and the LA Community College District. I assist with teaching a number of classes at USC, including "Interactive Entertainment, Science, and Healthcare", or CTIN 503. Playing the Brain Architecture Game is one of our exemplary lessons, pictured to the right. 

I also develop curriculum and do big-picture planning for
West LA College's nascent game design program. Students in GAD101 (Game Design 101) at West LA College enter the world of game design through board games and modding. We then delve into coding through P5.js, and use in-browser game development tools like bitsy and Construct to build a foundation for digital game development. For the final project, students are welcome to use any digital game engine to show mastery of skills.

I credit several educators and designers as role models and inspiration for my teaching practice:
Tracy Fullerton, TreaAndrea Russworm, anna anthropy, Marientina Gotsis, and Martzi Campos. 
The Brain Architecture Game,
played in CTIN 503 in Spring 2025

©️ USC Creative Media & Behavioral Health Center, Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, Clinical & Translational Science Institute at the University of Pittsburgh, and the FrameWorks Institute
Classes I teach or assist with:
  • GAD101 (LACCD),
    • an introductory game design & development course
  • GAD203 (LACCD),
    • a prototyping and coding bootcamp in Unity (C#) and Unreal (C++)
  • GAD210 (LACCD),
    • a 6-month project-based production course ending in a showcase, where games are judged by a panel of industry professionals
  • CTIN 503 (USC Games),
    • a course for graduate students on clinical interventions, games for creative health, and more intersections between games, interactive media, and the healthcare system
  • CTIN 510 (USC Games),
    • a course on qualitative & quantitative research methods for graduate students
  • CTIN 190 Intro to Interactive Entertainment (USC Games),
    • a game studies course for undergraduates
  • CTIN 488 Game Design Workshop (USC Games),
    • a prototyping course for undergraduates



Please email me
for my full C.V.! 






Other workshops, guest lectures, etc:
📚 "Anyone can make games for sex ed":
A virtual workshop on Twine, for sex educators

🤝🏽 CODE CWA Organizer Training:
A three-part organizing fundamentals workshop

🕹️ Critical Game Design 101:
A series of guest lectures for high-school students at the Girls' Academic Leadership Academy

pelvic health workshop

In collaboration with LA General Hospital, The Wellness Center,
USC's Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, ​and Tight Lipped
Alongside my friends at LA County & USC Keck School of Medicine, I run the Pelvic Health Workshop, a free class for all patients hosted at the Wellness Center. We talk about vulvar, vaginal, and clitoral anatomy (body literacy), we share stories and sexual health histories, and we discuss best practices for patient empowerment (ie. how to talk to your provider about your pain). In addition, my friend and colleague Eileen Johnson leads common pelvic floor physical therapy exercises for patients, including diaphragmatic breathing and pelvic stretches. The workshop is run primarily in Spanish, and happens every month.
If you work at LA County / LA General Hospital and want to get involved, email me!

k12 education

Before I began working in videogames, and doing public health more formally, I was a K12 educator!
​You can see more of my work in the classroom at my digital teaching portfolio here.