My favourite Slogan/Quote
“Maybe it’s a cliché, but you have to focus on verbs over nouns — what you want to do, not what you want to be.” ― Jeff Tweedy
What book is on my nightstand?
The Blackthorn Key – at my son’s insistence!
My Interests
Sewing, guitar, songwriting, volleyball, cardboard crafts, homemade Halloween costumes, boardgames
How did I get here?
I discovered OpenLab during the pandemic lockdown and began regularly attending their online Open Rounds which were held weekly at that time. The projects relating to virtual reality in healthcare interested me the most as I considered another switch in careers (from engineering to small business owner to working with Scientists in School). The virtual meetings were a perfect way to learn about both the work and the people who wonderfully come from diverse professional backgrounds. I was inspired to reach out to the VR team and immediately felt that this place would be a great fit for me.
My Achievements
- Research coordinator for various VR-related projects in the PrescribingVR lab (prescribingvr.com) and ReberLab (reberlab.com); researcher for the Overdose Response Network project.
- Ten years of experience working in the aerospace industry writing system-level requirements and conducting hardware integration & testing including for Canadarm2 and Dextre robots
- Certified as an instructor for the Canadarm2 power & control electronics at the Canadian Space Agency in 2009 for astronaut training
- Provided real-time support for various flight missions including from the Johnson Space Centre in March of 2008 for the launch and assembly of the Dextre robot featured on our CDN $5 bill 🙂
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