Hi, I’m Valerie—

I help people and organizations understand each other better. Whether it's a business reimagining their customer experience, a government agency improving their services, or a nonprofit expanding their impact, I translate complexity into clarity.

Operating from Portland, Oregon's creative hub, I connect the dots through design research, strategic communication, and cultural insight to help build better relationships between people and the systems that serve them.


Writings

The Challenge of Recidivism
submission for the Global Map the System Competition

Remedy Quarterly: Motherland
contribution to Remedy Quarterly

Following the Peatland Path
contribution to The Practice Papers