Hi, I’m Lea! 👋🏻

I’m a designer, engineer and problem-solver who likes to create playful and valuable experiences for people to better understand themselves and the world around them. 

 Project Stealth 

Surveillance proof multi-factor authentication interface that lives inside your mouth.

 Reading Blubs 

Interactive reading app for kids. Developing early-literacy skills, letter recognition and sound forming.

 Taka Store 

A school engagement system that instills lifelong habits around waste management in Kenyan schools.

 Navi 

Humanized navigation instructions based on local landmarks and visual cues delivered through audio.

 Shylamp 

Happy and animated when you’re far away, this shy lamp will slowly shut down as you approach at.

 Chairground 

A playful chair you can sit on in multiple ways. Designed to invite you to explore and be creative.

 Emobot 

A tiny robot that challenges users to mimic its emotions through audio-visual reinforcements.

Pilingo

When I’m in a different country, how do I take ownership of my own health?

 Rant & Chant  

Encouraging active participation in the fight for human rights, justice, and equality.

 Presevent 

Promoting political engagement and transparency through face-to-face democracy.

 Grinnell AppDev 

Building a student organization focused on peer-mentorship and building quality mobile applications.

  Glimmer Labs 

Reconstructing the OOP CS course at Grinnell College with modern technologies and computing for social good.

 Lightrix 

Dynamic light painting that lets users manipulate it through a wireless Bluetooth connection.