Bio
I am a consultant and market researcher of 15 years, specializing in quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Early in my career, I applied my craft to the sports consulting industry, working with the top global sports organizations to develop sports participation and commercialization programs. I was blessed with a 10,000-foot view and worked across many different sports.
Then I turned to my social entrepreneurial muse and founded PAGODA, a market research business with the vision to make world-class people insights and strategic advice accessible to the social sector.
Now circling back to my first love – sports – and with the help of MAPP, my long-term goal is to create a program that uses sports to teach well-being skills (optimism, empathy, and mindfulness), especially at the community level and in schools. This was the topic of my capstone, Positive Physical Education (PPE), an approach to teaching well-being skills to school-aged children through sport.
I envision a mental health-focused program that combines sports and positive psychology to teach kids how to become more resilient and optimistic.
