On the importance of play, the Arts, & Nonprofit Management…
PUBLIC SPEAKING
2024 NX Unite
Operations Management for Small Nonprofits
2023 Art of Retreat
Culture Eats Strategy—And how to create enduring and transformative organizations.
2020 NY Institute of Technology
” Architects, As Required: Alternate Avenues for Careers in Architecture & Art”
2020 King County Play Equity Coalition Panelist→ (50m)
”Free play and its role in health, equity, and community in King County”
2019 US Play Conference
Guerrilla Play: Design Tactics for Planners, Policy Makers, and Programmers to Play-ify the City!
2019 Art of Retreat
Public Space, Play, Parkour, and Design: A Panel Discussion on current trends in designing for parkour communities.
2018 NY American Institute of Architecture
"Guerrilla Play: Opportunities and Design Tactics Learned From Parkour.”
2017 JUMPFEST Public Panel on Design for Parkour→ (snipet - 2:02)
”Conquer vs. Coexist: Why we should stop designing parkour parks, and start designing for play in our public spaces.”
2017 US Play Conference Speaker
"All Grown Up: Emerging Trends with Play Past Childhood. Parkour, Programming, and Design"
2014 FEAST ON GOOD Public Talk→ (7:51m)
"Rethinking Exercise: From Work to Play through Parkour."
2013 TEDx Talk→ (6:52m)
"Transforming Work into Play: Why Parkour?"
PRESS & WRITING
2023 Valtas Group
”Moving beyond performative diversity in Executive Hiring.”
2021 Pottery Northwest Press Statement→
”Why we, as an arts organization, are speaking up about Roe v Wade.”
2019 MEDIUM Online Article→
”Movement For All: A Call to Courageous Action” by Caitlin Pontrella
2018 DESIGNING FOR KIDS Book Interview→
by Krystina Castella
2018 CHANGE MAKERS Feature→
”On Risk-Taking, Play, and Community Building” Change Makers, a portrait and story collaborative project, showcases women whose revolutionary work has spearheaded change.
2017 FORBES Interview & Commentary→
"Inside The Creative Battle To Lead The Core Of Parkour" from The Berlin School of Creative Leadership
2016 MPORA Commentary on Women in Parkour→
"Women in Parkour | How Freerunning Helps You See the City in a Whole New Light" by Julie Angel
2015 BROOKLYN BASED Article→
”A Workout That Turns Your Whole City Into A Playground” by Tiffany Charbonier
2014 Parkour Project Photo Editorial→
Photo editorial by Anya Chibis on Women in Parkour and the Women Parkour Movement Initiative
2013 VERTICAL FLOOR MAGAZINE Interview
"Equal Work, Equal Play"
PODCASTS
2020 Hopefully Somebody Knows Podcast→(45m)
"Parkour: much more than backflips and jumping off high stuff”
2020 AOR Lives→(1h)
”Power, Politics, and Play in Public Spaces”
2019 This Human Animal Podcast→
”What we wish all coaches knew.”
2019 Evolve Move Play →(1h 25m)
”Creating Stronger Communities With Play & Parkour”
2018 This Human Animal Podcast→(1h 19m)
"The Play Architect"
2017 Ecosomatics Podcast Interview
”The Spaces that Move Us”
2016 Movers Mindset Interview & Podcast→(26:02m)
"Play, Parkour, and our Public Spaces."
