Ex-TikTok Trust & Safety. PhD. Meditation teacher. Building the antidote to the attention economy — from the inside out.
Currently
Co-founder, CLARA
Independent AI & social media evaluation for youth
TikTok · 4.5 Years
Trust & Safety
Youth safety and wellbeing product policy
PhD · University of Cambridge
Education
Early childhood development · Dialogic pedagogy
MMTCP · 2-Year Teacher Training
Meditation & Mindfulness
Jack Kornfield & Tara Brach · Awareness Training Institute & Greater Good Science Center
Signature Talks
What I speak about
Keynote
Freed from the Feed
Inside the machine that captured our attention — and how we build our way out. Insider credibility meets contemplative practice meets neuroscience.
EducatorsParentsLeadership
Workshop
By Design
How platforms are built to capture attention — and practical, science-backed tools to reclaim yours. Interactive and grounded in neuroscience.
SchoolsConferencesCorporate
Policy & Research
Building the Infrastructure of Trust
Why self-regulation has failed youth and what independent evaluation infrastructure looks like — for policymakers and institutions.
PolicyAcademiaAdvocacy
Mindfulness Offerings
Practice as antidote
Individual
One-on-One Mindfulness Sessions
Personalized sessions drawing on 20 years of practice and training in Vipassana meditation under Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. Whether you're new to meditation or deepening an existing practice, sessions are grounded in both contemplative tradition and the practical realities of life in the digital age — stress, distraction, and the pull of the feed included.
Corporate
Team & Workplace Mindfulness
Developed and delivered for teams at TikTok, these offerings bring mindfulness practice into the workplace with full awareness of what technology does to our attention and nervous systems. Sessions are neuroscience-informed, non-dogmatic, and designed for people who are skeptical — and usually leave converted. Available as single sessions, ongoing programs, or retreat formats.
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