Talks & Workshops

November 2025 — VIRTUAL
Design Incubation Colloquia, Panel Speaker
Panel on Risograph printing, analog process, and accessibility in design education (with Vic Rodriguez Tang)

October 2025 — Cincinnati, OH
SECAC 2025, Panel Speaker
Presented “Witnessing Nothing,” a talk on memes, refusal, and resisting platform logic in design

June 2025 — Normal, IL
AIGA DEC, Panel Speaker
Presented “Total Football,” on equitable roles, collaboration, and cultural humility in design education

Spring 2025 — Queens, NY
St. John’s University School Counselor Fly-In: Intro to RISO
10-minute introductory Risograph workshop for high school counselors

Spring 2025 — Queens, NY
St. John’s University Accepted Student Day: Intro to RISO
Led a 10-minute Riso workshop for prospective students and families

May 2025 — Queens, NY
Generative AI at St. John’s University, Panel Speaker
Presented “Sigh, AI,” discussing LLMs in higher education and the risks of tool-driven pedagogy

June 2024 — New York, NY
Design Incubation Colloquia, Speaker
Spoke about hybrid analog/digital practice through my typeface project Federico

June 2023 — New York, NY
The TypeLab at Typographics, Speaker
Presented the design process behind Federico, inspired by my grandfather’s hand-painted lettering

June 2021 — VIRTUAL
The Animation Project (TAP), Panel Speaker
Shared HBO Interactive Design process and visual identity methods across programming genres

August 2020 — VIRTUAL
The Animation Project (TAP),  Panel Speaker
Discussed career pathways and HBO design work for TAP’s Industry Access program