WeWork, and other spaces like WeWork, are critical elements in cultivating healthy impact ecosystem. Both as a venue and convener, WeWork's strong focus on community and the quality of social ties creates an inviting environment inspires thoughts such as, "I could turn my dreams into a reality right here at this WeWork location."

In 2016, I brought my project from Princeton, NJ to Washington, D.C. I began my roll-out strategy similarly to how I did in Princeton, and it wasn't long before existing members of the DC ecosystem reached out to me. General Assembly publicly advocated for my capabilities as an industry-recognized service designer, and, in doing so, attracted a few big fish like WeWork, My Brother's Keeper, and the Washington, D.C. Mayor's Office.

IDEO selected me as one-of-five global design coaches for their design challenge, "Reimagining Higher Education." I was journaling on IDEO's open innovation platform, and my reflection piqued the interest of an IDEO evaluator, Kate Rushton.

On October 11, 2014 I initiated a process known as a "knowledge dump". Ten hours per day, for 23 days in a row, I wrote, I sketched, and, over 100,000 words later, this version was 'done'. I called it the social enterprise ecosystem methodology. It's gone through many iterations, but this would represent my first intentional roll-out of an ecosystem with the hope of influencing the output of my community in a positive way.

Founder of New Jersey's first-ever social innovation conference, Cooperative Impact.

Founder of the postsecondary education pipeline program, Action Horizon Institute.