About

I work in venture capital at Cornell Tech's Runway program, where I help PhD founders launch deep-tech startups. I train scientists and technologists to become entrepreneurs and help them raise funding for deep-tech and AI companies.

I'm the founder of Brushing Buddies, a children's dental health company I started when my kids refused to brush their teeth. It began with a musical toothbrushing book I designed and manufactured myself.

Earlier in my career, I worked at Techstars, Business Models Inc. (one of the founding companies behind the Business Model Canvas), Autodesk, and Instructables, where I discovered my love for the Maker movement.

I write and speak about AI-enabled entrepreneurship, the "supposed to" path trap, and my X-Tech Mompreneur framework, a theory about why women who left corporate in their late 30s are perfectly positioned to start bootstrapped businesses.

I hold a BS in Computer Science and Math with Visual Arts and an MBA in Design Thinking and Design Strategy from California College of the Arts.