My research focuses on building tools that center Disability Joy in inclusive media innovations.
I've just wrapped up my Ph.D. at Stanford University's CCRMA.
I'm thrilled to be joining Monash University as a faculty member in July 2026! 

I was born and raised in Carletonville, a small mining town outside of Johannesburg, South Africa. As an undergraduate, I was trained as a biological data science engineer at Dartmouth College (USA), where I graduated in 2018. I shifted gears slightly during my master's degree where I focused on musical neuroscience and graduated with an MA in Digital Musics in 2020. I was lucky enough to meet Prof William Cheng, who introduced me to the field of Disability Studies, and that has formed the foundation of my research ever since. I now focus on developing captioning, haptic, and music personalization systems that aim to center D/deaf & Disabled Joy in their design. I can also be found designing games and making music.