As an educational speaker and facilitator, I have spoken on 300+ global stages - including as a TedxAtlanta and Women Deliver Power Stage Speaker.

Check out my speaking portfolio and book me as your next event speaker below!

Event + Featured Speaking

2013

• Georgia Tech Capstone Design Expo Presenter (12/13)

• Tech4Good Capstone Design Expo Presenter (12/13)

• SafiChoo toilet presenter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (12/13)

2014

• 2014 ACC Leadership Symposium, Georgia Tech Delegate and Presenter on Social Change (2/14)

• Georgia Tech InVenture Prize Competition Presenter + Winner (4/14)

• Georgia Tech Ideas to Serve Competition Presenter + Speech Winner (4/14)

• Highway 1 Startup Accelerator SafiChoo toilet Presenter in Shenzhen, China at PCH International (5/14)

• SafiChoo Toilet: Exhibition in the Design for Social Impact Exhibit at the Museum of Design Atlanta (lead presenter) (7/14) 

• WABE NPR Radio Interview (7/14)

• Georgia Association of Water Professionals Conference Speaker (8/14)

• Georgia Tech WREK Radio Interview (8/14)

• Design for Social Impact Speaker at Mount Vernon Presbyterian High School (8/14)

• Undergraduate Research Kaleidoscope Presenter(8/14)

• Enterprise to Empower Student Speaker (8/14)

• National Manufacturing Day Speaker at Rockdale + Griffin High Schools (9/14)

• Georgia Tech Women’s Leadership Conference Workshop Speaker (10/14)

• Atlanta RayDay Sustainable Design Showcase Presenter (10/14)

• SafiChoo Toilet: Voted the 8th Best Design in Atlanta over the past 25 years (leading presenter)  (10/14)

• Innovation Corps NSF Life Sciences Accelerator Program Lead Presenter (10/14)

• Georgia Tech Black Leadership Conference Workshop Speaker (11/14)

• TedxGeorgiaTech Student Series Speaker (11/14)

2015

• Dunwoody Rotary Club Presenter (1/15)

• Alpharetta Rotary Club Presenter (2/15)

• Georgia Tech Project Africa Plenary Speaker (3/15)

• Georgia Tech Manufacturing Faculty Speaker (3/15)

• Murdock Elementary School Guest Speaker (3/15)

• Riverwood International Charter School, IB Design Guest Speaker (3/15)

• Presenter to the Georgia Board of Regents (3/15)

• Atlanta Science Festival Presenter (3/15)

• Porsche Women's Empowerment Day Speaker (3/15)

• Georgia Tech Ideas to Serve Competition Presenter (3/15)

• Loganville Rotary Club Presenter (4/15)

• Roteract Atlanta Club Presenter (4/15)

• Silver Jackets (Georgia Tech Retirees) Presenter (4/15)

• TEDxAtlanta Featured Speaker (4/15)

• Georgia Tech Social Entrepreneurship Guest Lecturer (4/15)

• 2015 ACC Meeting of Minds Research Conference Oral Presenter (4/15)

• 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Spring Symposium Presenter (4/15)

• Georgia Tech Foundation Annual Board Meeting Conference Sustainability Speaker (5/15)

• Georgia Tech Horizons Camp Workshop Speaker (6/15)

• Council of Competitiveness Exploring Frontiers of Innovation Atlanta Dialogue Speaker (6/15)

• Nerd Nite Atlanta Featured Speaker (6/15)

• National Maker Faire Workshop Presenter (6/15)

• Global Health Corps Chelsea Pier Speaker (7/15)

• Humanity in Action Social Entrepreneur and Philanthropy Fellowship Panelist (10/15)

• Georgia Tech Management in the Healthcare Sector Class Lecturer (10/15)

• Midtown Atlanta Rotary Club Presenter (10/15)

• Population Services International Total Market Approach to Sanitation Workshop: PoopX Speaker (12/15)

2016

• The Need of a Loo Podcast Interview, Speaker (1/16)

• Join Up Dots Podcast Interview, Speaker (3/16)

• Creative Giant Podcast Interview, Speaker (4/16)

• Society for Family Health Total Market Approach to Sanitation Brownbag Speaker (4/16)

• Human-Centered Design Consultant + Workshop Speaker for PSI Ethiopia (6/16)

• International Baccalaureate Conference of the Americas Speaker + Panelist (7/16)

• Georgia Tech Humanitarian Design Award Launch Presenter (9/16)

• Museum of Design Atlanta #everybodypoops Presenter (9/16)

• Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation Girls Who Rule the World Changemakers Panelist (9/16)

2017

• Loughton, Buckhurst and Chigwell Rotary Club Presenter (3/17)

• Foundation for Economic Education Conference Social Enterprise Panelist (6/17)

• 2017 World Water Week: Daily Splash Interviewee (8/17)

• 2017 World Water Week: Closing Plenary Panelist (8/17)

• UNC Water and Health Workshop Presenter on the Wish for WASH 2016 SafiChoo Pilot (10/17)

• WIRED Next Gen Key Note Speaker (11/17)

• 2017 Flight and Migration – Societies in Transition Forum Fellow + Speaker (11/17)

• World Toilet Day Event Speaker at the University of Bradford (11/17)

• Georgia Game Changers Mini TV Series Speaker (12/17)

2018

• Georgia Tech K-12 InVenture Prize Competition Key Note Speaker (3/18)

•  Georgia Tech InVenture Prize Competition Judge on Georgia Public Broadcasting (3/18)

• College of Mount Saint Vincent,  "Anti Poverty Programs in The Developing World" Lecturer (4/18)

• Drexel University, Design for Professional Practice Lecturer (5/18)

• Wish for WASH - Design Thinking for Toilets Lecturer and Co-Course Instructor (5/18)

• Georgia Tech, Management in Healthcare Consulting Lecturer (9/18)

• Kimberly Clark Corporation, Compass Awards Keynote Speaker (9/18)

• General Assembly, Startups for Social Good Panel (9/18)

• SOCAP 2018, The Rise of the Sanitation Economy - New Opportunities for Business and Investment Panel representing the Toilet Board Coalition (10/18)

• Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential Youth Empowerment Summit (GCAPP YES!) Panelist (10/18)

• Emory University, Center for Global Safe Water - World Toilet Month Lecturer (11/18)

• American Camp Association Speaker (11/18)

2019

• Design Thinking and the Sanitation Economy Workshop Presenter + Facilitator at the Toilet Board Coalition’s Annual General Meeting (1/19)

• Georgia Tech Women’s Leadership Conference, Women in Entrepreneurship Moderator (3/19)

• Wish for WASH and Open IDEO Design Jam Speaker - “How Might We Reduce Water Consumption In our Bathrooms?” (3/19)

• Georgia Tech Ideas to Serve Competition Judge and Alumni Speaker (4/19)

• Wish for WASH 2-Day Design Thinking Flashlab and Empathy Workshop Instructor at the Paideia School (5/19)

• Women Deliver Power Stage Speaker (6/19)

• Women Deliver WASH Innovative Ideas Think-a-thon Panelist (6/19)

• Women Deliver Atlanta Satellite Event Panelist and Event Coordinator in tandem with the Consul General of Canada (6/19)

• Inaugural WASH in Healthcare Facilities Convening at the Pan American Health Organization - Interviewee (6/19)

• NextGen ATL Panel "Building a Global Career" at Delta Headquarters (8/19)

• Gender Equity and the 4th Industrial Revolution: A Design Thinking Ideation Flashlab Speaker + Facilitator at the Global Shapers North America + Caribbean (SHAPE NAC) 2019 Convening (8/19)

• Facilitator and Speaker for the For Women x By Women workshop at the 2019 Sanitation Economy Summit (11/19)

• Facilitator and Speaker for the Her Future workshop at the 2019 Sanitation Economy Summit (11/19)

• DrMomma Says - Mother-Daughter Podcast Interview (12/19)

2020

• Wish for WASH Compost Toilet Design Thinking Workshop with a troop from Girls Scouts of Greater Atlanta (2/20)

• Human Centered Design Guest Lecturer for the class ‘Social Entrepreneurship’ at the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business (2/20)

• Wish for WASH Instructional Design Curriculum Pilot with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Atlanta team on the the challenge of how to appropriately dispose of cooking oil and household garbage (2/20)

• Sankalp Africa 2020 Speaker on the “Shit Happens - A Deep Look at Feacal Sludge Management” Panel on behalf of the Toilet Board Coalition in Nairobi, Kenya (2/20)

• Inspirational Storyteller on the HubDot Stage at the Women in Development Conference on behalf of Women in Global Health in London, UK (3/20)

• Guest Lecturer for the course “Introduction to Industrial Design” at the Georgia Tech College of Design (4/20)

• Innovations Lab Presenter and Session Coordinator at the Toilet Board Coalition’s Annual Member Meeting (4/20)

• Guest Lecturer for the course “Professional Practice in Product Design” at the Drexel Product Design Seniors (5/20)

• Panelist on the topic of Menstrual Health in the Sanitation Economy during a Menstrual Health Day Panel called “Menstrual Health Responses to COVID-19 Pandemic in Africa, What Have we Learnt” (5/20)

• Speaker during the Wish for WASH Design Jam on the topic of WASH and Homelessness in Atlanta during the time of COVID-19 (5/20)

• Drink and Design Speaker for the Museum of Design Atlanta (6/20)

• “Where are the Black Designers?” Virtual Conference Panelist (6/20)

• Beyond Academia: Conversations on Health and Life Sciences Careers Panelist (7/20)

• Journal of Science Policy and Governance & the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth: Technology as a Global Public Good and Service for the Sustainable Development Goals Webinar Panelist (7/20)

• Speeding the Innovation Cycle with Rapid Prototyping That Incorporates Real World Feedback with Jasmine Burton of Wish for WASH (7/20)

• Journal of Science Policy and Governance (JSPG) SciPol SoundBite Podcast (10/20)

• Panelist at the Meet the Designers Session at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Month (10/20)

• “Stepping into Our Identities as Social Impact Leaders” Speaker at SOCAP 2020 on behalf of Net Impact (10/20)

• Emerging Arts Professional Panelist for Murray State’s School of Art and Design (10/20)

• Civic Dinners Shaping the Vote Facilitator (10/20)

• Womxn of Color at the Forefront of Social Impact and Sustainability (11/20)

• Girl Scouts of Atlanta STEM Expo Wish for WASH Design Jam Facilitator/Coach (11/20)

• Speaker on the “Innovations for Health Equity” Panel at Atlanta Startup Week (11/20)

• Design Jam WASH 3-part Series Workshop Facilitation for the Weber School (11/20)

• Atlanta Goalmakers Roundtable Speaker (11/20)

• Women in the Sanitation Economy World Toilet Day Moderator on behalf of the Toilet Board Coalition (11/20)

• Georgia Tech College of Design Advisory Board Presenter (11/20)

• Lecturer for a Design Research and Writing Course at San Francisco State University (12/20)

• Keynote Panelist at the Goalmakers 2020 Meeting (12/20)

2021

• Festival of Urgent Reinventions Emcee (2/21)

• "Problem Solving to Problem Finding" Panelist at the Grove (2/21)

• Wish for WASH Menstrual Health Girl Scouts Design Jam (2/21)

• Speaker at Marvelous Mondays with the RCE of Greater Atlanta (2/21)

• Lecturer for Georgia State University’s Graduate Level Course on “New Venture Development” (2/21)

• Panelist for the Georgia Tech Net Impact Career Panel (2/21)

• Moderator for the Climate Designers Party Program Panel on “Design as a Tool for Environmental Justice: Storytelling for Impact and Advocacy” (3/21)

• Panelist for the 2021 Georgia Tech Women Leaders Conference with the theme “Our Intersectional Spaces” (3/21)

• Keynote Speaker at the 2021 Georgia Tech Stamps President’s Scholarship Finalist Weekend (3/21)

• 40 under 40 Panelist for the Georgia Tech Student Ambassadors (3/21)

• Georgia Tech College of Design Dean’s Forum Speaker (3/21)

• Panelist at the “Valuing Low Tech Sanitation in the Americas” Session at the 2021 General Assembly of the World Youth Parliament for Water (3/21)

• World Water Day Career Speaker for the Georgia Tech Engineers Without Borders Organization (3/21)

• Guest Lecturer for the course “Introduction to Industrial Design 2” at the Georgia Tech College of Design (3/21)

• Georgia Tech Epic Intentions Guest Speaker (3/21)

• Sanitation and Menstrual Health Speaker/Facilitator at 3-part Design Jam Series with the Weber School (4/21)

• Menstrual Health Speaker/Facilitator at a Design Jam with the Museum of Design Atlanta (4/21)

• CAER Environmental Justice Conference: Environmental Racism by Design (5/21)

• Menstrual Health Speaker/Facilitator at a Design Jam with the Atlanta Girls’ School at their 2021 Virtual Summer Institute (6/21)

• Guest Lecturer for the “Introduction to Industrial Design” high school summer camp at the Georgia Tech College of Design (6/21)

• Public Health Careers Speaker for the 2021 Summer Public Health Scholars Program (7/21)

• Co-host and moderator of the 2021 World Water Week Session “Can a business approach link sanitation and curative health care”? (8/21)

• Georgia Tech Institute for Leadership and Social Impact Young Alumni Panelist (9/21)

• Next Gen Rising Panelist at the 2021 Women’s Venture Summit (9/21)

• Coffee Chat + Speaker with the Georgia Social Impact Collaborative + Podcast with Chat with Leaders (9/21)

• What I Wish I Knew Podcast Guest (9/21)

• Inside Goizueta - Black at Goizueta Panelist (11/21)

• Panelist on the World Toilet Day Panel with CARE Atlanta’s Global Innovation Hub (11/21)

• Wish for WASH “Code Red Engineering” Design Jam with Girl Scouts Atlanta (11/21)

• Wish for WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (3-part series) Design Jam with the Weber School (11/21)

• Wish for WASH Redesigning Toilets Design Jam with Museum of Design Atlanta (11/21)

• Day for Girls Podcast Speaker on Building Equity Through Sanitation Innovation (12/21)

• Georgia Tech Black Alumni Association Onyx Graduation Keynote Speaker (12/21)

*In addition to the events listed here, I am also a teaching lead and human-centered design facilitator with the online school, IDEO U. In this roll, on average, I teach at least 4 courses per year, facilitate a minimum of 20 live sessions while reaching at least 800 adult learners from around the world.

2022

• Me Suite Podcast Guest (1/22)

• Georgia Tech’s MOVEments Live Podcast Guest (1/22)

• Emory University’s Goizueta Business School John R Lewis Racial Justice Case Competition Emcee (1/22)

• People Using Business as a Force for Good - B Corporation Movement in Georgia Panel (1/22)

• Festival of Urgent Reinventions - Storytelling as a Narrative Panel Curator, Moderator, & Influencer (2/22)

• Emory University’s Goizueta Business School - Impact Investing Roundtable with Reinvestment Fund Curator and Moderator (2/22)

• Georgia Tech Epic Intentions Club Speaker, Careers in Social Impact (3/22)

• From Tech to Toilets: Catching Up with Social Impact Designer and Alumna Jasmine Burton - Georgia Tech School of Industrial Design Lecture (4/22)

• Water Speaker/Facilitator at a Design Jam with the Atlanta Girls’ School (5/22)

• Industrial Design Career Paths Lecture to Pre-College Students at Georgia Tech (7/22)

• King Center Beloved Communities Lecturer (7/22)

• Innovative Public Schools Fellowship Micro Presentation on behalf of the Anchor School (7/22)

• Georgia Tech Industrial Design 1101 Course Lecturer and Instructor/Adjunct Faculty for Fall 2022 Semester (8/22)

• EdTech Week Think Tank Facilitator with the Common Group (9/22)

• IBM Call for Code Speaker with Chelsea Clinton for the Fair Work Case Competition Panel called “The next generation of work: What do young entrepreneurs have to say?” (10/22)

• Wish for WASH Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (2-part series) Design Jam with the Weber School (10/22)

• Wish for WASH Water Pollution Booth Facilitator for Girl Scouts Atlanta Fall 2022 STEM Expo (10/22)

• Design Research and Workforce Development Facilitator for the Climb Hire Research Paper and Provocations Webinar with Common Group (11/22)

• Wish for WASH Period Problems Design Jam with Museum of Design Atlanta (11/22)

*In addition to the events listed here, I am also a teaching lead and human-centered design facilitator with the online school, IDEO U. In this role, on average, I teach at least 4 courses per year, facilitate a minimum of 20 live sessions while reaching at least 800 adult learners from around the world.

2023

• Facilitated an Creative Brainstorming Workshop with the Joan Ganz Cooney Center Digital Wellbeing Team (1/23)

• Water Speaker/Facilitator at a Design Jam with the Atlanta Girls’ School (1/23)

• Equity Centered Design Speaker and Facilitator with America Succeeds and CompTIA (1/23)

• John R Lewis Racial Justice Case Competition - Good Trouble Facilitator (2/23)

• Owning Your Worth Panelist at the Executive Women of Goizueta -or Emory University’s Alumnae organization (3/23)

• Youth Keynote Speaker at the International Women’s Forum’s “Women Leading Change” event (3/23)

• SXSW Edu Workshop Facilitator - Giving a Sh*t Design For a Better World Wish for WASH Design Jam (3/23)

• Facilitated a Durable Skills Ideation Session and Discussion with America Succeeds at ASU GSV 2023 (4/23)

• Love Your Cycle Facilitator and Menstrual Health Speaker and Design Thinking Facilitator with Atlanta Girl Scouts (4/23)

• Keynote speaker at the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Anchor School, a tuition free public charter school that I co-founded (7/23)

• Experience/Session Design Lead for 10 workshop sessions at the inaugural CO Industry and Workforce Innovation Summit (8/23)

• Human-Centered Design Speaker and Facilitator on the topic of “Needfinding for the future of the Colorado Healthcare workforce” at the CO Industry and Workforce Innovation Summit (8/23)

• Human Centered Design Speaker and Facilitator for a 3-day retreat with 25+ business leaders in Colorado to ideate on equity-centered approaches to hiring ther future workforce (9/23)

• Running out of Water Speaker and and Design Thinking Facilitator with Atlanta Girl Scouts (11/23)

• From Problems to Possibilities Internal Human Centered Design Workshop with the Common Group Team (12/23)

*In addition to the events listed here, I am also a teaching lead and human-centered design facilitator with the online school, IDEO U. In this role, on average, I teach at least 4 courses per year, facilitate a minimum of 20 live sessions while reaching at least 800 adult learners from around the world.

2024

• Experience/Session Design Lead and Facilitator for a Strategic Planning workshop for the Anchor School’s Board of Directors (1/24)

• Experience/Session Design Advisor for 5 workshop sessions for the Common Group team at SXSW Edu 2024 (3/24)

• Human Centered Design Speaker and Facilitator for the Georgia State University’s WomenLead Program on the topic of Menstrual Health Equity for 120 undergraduate students across 5 majors (3/24)

• Experience/Session Design Lead and Human Centered Design Facilitator for Common Group’s March 2024 Virtual 2-day retreat; specifically led the team in futuring and purpose strategy work (3/24)

• Experience/Session Design Lead and Human-Centered Design Facilitator for Common Group’s May 2024 Senior Leadership 2-Day Business Design Workshop; specifically leading co-design work to inform business strategy and development (5/24)

• Experience/Session Design Lead and Human-Centered Design Facilitator for Common Group’s June 2024 Full team onsite in Birmingham Alabama; specifically facilitated space for the company to discuss topics such as equity, culture and growth (6/24)

• Experience/Session Design Lead and Human-Centered Design Facilitator for a student-centered focus group for Opportunity Next in Denver (6/24)

*In addition to the events listed here, I am also a teaching lead and human-centered design facilitator with the online school, IDEO U. In this role, on average, I teach at least 4 courses per year, facilitate a minimum of 20 live sessions while reaching at least 800 adult learners from around the world.

Conferences: Poster Presentations

2014

• Georgia Tech Ideas to Serve Competition Poster + Best Poster Award Winner (4/14)

• Public Health Informatics Conference (4/14)

• Georgia Association of Water Professionals Conference (8/14)

• Georgia Bio Summit (10/14)

• Georgia Entrepreneurial Platform Summit (10/14)

• Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (11/14)

2015

• Clinton Global Initiative University Presenter (3/15)

2016

• 1st Global Toilet Business Innovation and Investment Summit (11/16)

2018

• UNC Water and Health Conference, Market Based Sanitation and the Sanitation Economy Poster Presenter representing the Toilet Board Coalition (10/18)

2020

• Wish for WASH Smart Sanitation A Rapid Literature Review on Biosensors as a Public Health Tool in Sanitation Infrastructure - Virtual Poster Presentation for the 2020 Unite for Sight Global Health Innovation Conference (3/20)

• Wish for WASH Smart Sanitation A Rapid Literature Review on Biosensors as a Public Health Tool in Sanitation Infrastructure - Virtual Poster Presentation for the 2020 UNC Water and Health Conference (10/20)

2021

• Wish for WASH Understanding the Unmet Sanitation Needs of Underrepresented Populations in the United States 2021 Unite for Sight Global Health Innovation Conference (3/21)

Conferences: Attended

2009

• Global Youth Leadership Conference (6/09)

2012

• Georgia Tech Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Conference (2/12-2/14)

2013

• World Water Day Conference at the Center for Global Safe WASH (3/13)

• Menstrual Health and Hygiene Conference with the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research (6/13)

2014

• ACC Next Generation of Social Change and Social Justice Conference (2/14)

• Humanity In Action International Conference, Borders (6/14)

• Hesselbein Global Academy for Student Leadership & Civic Engagement (7/14)

• Kairos Society Global Summit (11/14)

2015

• Nextel ATL Sustainability Conference (2/15)

2016

• Rotary District 1130 District Conference as a Rotary Global Grant Scholar (10/16)

2018

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Global Health Protection Annual General Meeting (6/18)

• SHAPE North America, World Economic Forum Global Shapers 2018 Conference (8/18)

• Epidemiology and Data Collection Methods for WASH in Emergencies Training representing the CDC (10/18)

• One Young World USA Delegate and GILEAD Scholar (10/18)

• Women Leaders in Global Health Conference at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, CDC Representative (11/18)

• Business solutions for SDG6 in the Sanitation Economy Roundtable at the United Nations and organized by the Toilet Board Coalition (11/18)

2019

• Climate Reality Training - Atlanta, Global Shapers Atlanta Representative (3/19)

• WASH in Healthcare Facilities Stakeholder Commitments Gathering (6/19)

• UNC Water and Health 2019, CDC Representative (10/19)

• SOCAP 2019, Toilet Board Coalition Representative (10/19)

• CDC Data Visualization Day (supported presentation development and research on behalf of the Division of Global Health Protection (11/19)

• Women Leaders in Global Health Conference at the University of Global Health Equity, Women in Global Health Representative (11/19)

• Bumble Bizz First Movers Summit Atlanta, Invitee (12/19)

2020

• The 2020 The African Water Association (AfWA) International Congress and Exhibition on the topic “New Breaking new grounds to accelerate access to water and sanitation for all in Africa” in Kampala, Uganda, Toilet Board Coalition Representative (2/20)

• Virtual Menstrual Health and Hygiene Conference (5/20)