It started with a single moment. I slept through a fire drill — I’m hard of hearing, and I wasn’t wearing my hearing aids. That gap between what was true and what almost happened stayed with me: how easily the facts that matter most get missed, and how much depends on whether the right thing is heard in time.
I built Lisnen, an AI-powered app that alerts people with hearing loss to sounds requiring immediate attention, to solve that problem directly. Since then, my work has expanded into disability inclusion consulting, accessibility standards, and public speaking. My work sits at the intersection of technology, inclusion, and communication.
I hold a BSc in Computer Science from McGill and an MSc in Tourism and Events Management from Bournemouth University. I’m a certified ForHumanity Auditor in disability inclusion for AI systems, and I’ve served on accessibility and AI-equity committees at the provincial, federal, and international level, including the Accessibility Standards Advisory Council for Ontario and the AAPD’s Start Access steering committee.
I’ve spoken at FWD50, M-Enabling, the Canadian Chamber’s Women in Business Summit, and more, and been featured in CBC, the Globe and Mail, Global News, and TVO.
Today, that same instinct — noticing what’s true but going unheard — shapes the work I do now: helping mission-driven founders and organizations whose real impact isn’t being recognized or trusted the way it should be, and figuring out why.
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A detailed list of past speaking engagements and media coverage can be found on Informed Opinion.