Podcast Host and Producer
I created and hosted a podcast that deconstructs how toxic positivity—the mandate to maintain a positive facade at all costs—undermines psychological safety, innovation, and retention in companies.
Through storytelling, interviews with workers and experts, Positively Exhausted examines how toxic positivity specifically impacts women and marginalized groups, creating a culture where authentic feedback is suppressed and real problems go unaddressed.
This work provides a critical lens for leaders aiming to build resilient, honest, and high-performing cultures in their companies.
Check out the podcast and my profile at my profile at the Gender and the Economy Institute, and listen to Positively Exhausted wherever you listen to podcasts.
Public Speaker and Event Host
I equip leaders across industries with the why and the how to build high-performing, inclusive cultures. Through actionable strategies drawn from my experience in digital product teams and workplace dynamics, I translate insight into action—from conference keynotes to intimate executive fireside chats.
My core speaking topics include:
→ From Toxic Positivity to Authentic Inclusion: How well-intentioned but superficial cultures fail employees, companies and the economy (and how to fix it in your company!).
→ A Products Leader's Guide to Inclusive Design: Building products for everyone is a market advantage. Embed resl problem solving into your product development lifecycle.
→ Why Diverse Product Teams Win: Data, case studies, and firsthand experience on how diversity positively impacts innovation and how to foster the culture in your day to day.
Selected Engagements: Rotman Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Association (image); Berkeley Labs, Business Design Initiative; Business Technology Association.
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Mentorship and Social Involvement
My commitment to community involvement spans continents, with experiences ranging from student organizations to tech and design work in Brazil, South Africa, Slovakia and Canada. My passion lies in the intersection between tech, politics and human rights.
As a Student Fellow at the Creative Destructive Lab, I first delved into Toronto's startup community by organizing events and mentoring startups in AI and Space. As the President of Access to Success at Rotman, I led a team that championed accessibility and mental health within the student community, including a case competition focused on diversity, inclusion and tech.
I have been involved in mentoring, user-centered design, strategy and event organizing at the Women in Management Association, the Rotman Business Design Club and the Forté Foundation, and event organizing at the SexTech TO Conference.
Let's discuss your next socially innovative product!
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