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I'm an Instructional Designer who builds training that drives actual behavioral change, not just what they can recite in a knowledge check. I specialize in scenario-based, gamified, and serious game learning experiences, and I've built them for major national brands, tackling problems like sales behavior, compliance risk, and manager rollouts.

Before instructional design, I spent years as a credentialed teacher and founded the Baldwin Park Water Polo Club, a nonprofit that helped student-athletes earn college scholarships nationwide. Both taught me the same lesson:

You don't fix performance by adding more content, but through simplifying complex skills, pacing instruction correctly, and designing for how people actually learn.

Outside of client work, I coach Water Polo and Esports athletes, train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and spend time with my family.

Have a training problem that isn’t going away?