I am a PhD candidate in Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi, specializing in language revitalization and language resource development. My research integrates a professional background in web and graphic design with academic work in linguistics to support the creation of digital tools, such as websites and applications, that promote and sustain endangered and Indigenous languages. I employ human-centered design as a methodological framework that foregrounds community leadership, ensuring that language resources are developed in close collaboration with community members and reflect their knowledge, values, and lived experiences.

My dissertation focuses on the Palauan language and involves working with the Palauan community to identify locally defined needs for language resources and to co-develop tools that address those needs in culturally and linguistically meaningful ways.