About
I lead organizations in navigating uncertain planetary futures to turn risk into regenerative innovation.
Currently at Autodesk, I develop long-horizon planetary future scenarios to advise climate strategy and investment and manage our research on artificial general intelligence. Previously I co-founded IDEO's Climate Practice, designing strategies and products to address the strategy and product challenges of Fortune 500s, NGOs, and startups. I've worked in-house at the U.S. Department of Energy, The Nature Conservancy, and UN-funded environmental research. I serve as an Earthshot Prize Nominator, Keeling Curve Prize Judge, Hatch Blue oceans startup advisor, and NYU Multispecies CoLab advisor.
I’ve spoken at places like the UN COP Blue Zone, Climate Week NYC, Stanford, and the Long Now Foundation. My work has been recognized by Forbes, Bloomberg, and FastCompany’s World Changing Ideas Award, and my immersive futures art has exhibited from London to Dubai.
My North Star is stabilizing the climate, protecting irreversible natural loss, and moving humanity towards a trajectory of stewardship. Originally from Hawai‘i with Peruvian Quechua ancestry, I’m often in the ocean—freediving, surfing, and trying to flow through uncertain times.
Clients
AirBnB.org
Bloomberg
Closed Loop Partners
Conservation International
CVS
Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Kleiner Perkins, Speed & Scale
kyu
Meta
Ocean Conservancy
Omidyar Foundation, Imaginable Futures
ReFED
Rockefeller Foundation
Sony
SYPartners
Target
Walmart
Press + Publications
Omidyar: What if We Adopted Radical Thinking for Equitable Futures?
Fast Company: Plastic is Doomed
Forbes 9 Ways to Ditch the Plastic Bag
Raconteur: Prototyping an Unpredictable Future
5 Takeaways from Climate Week NYC
On regenerative design at kyu House
IDEO + San Francisco Climate Week
Speaking
Long Now Foundation: Visualizing Climate Futures
IDEO Podcast: Radical Desirability, How to Design for Climate Needs
American Institute of Graphic Arts: Wild Voices on Gen AI X Climate
Rewilding the Imagination @ United Nations COP28: Panel with Museum of the Future
Innovation for the Ocean @ United Nations COP28 Blue Zone
Climate and Biodiversity with Superorganism VC @ San Francisco Climate Week