I have been thinking about space and homes for as long as I can remember. At five years old I was rearranging furniture in my bedroom. At thirty, I was cutting floor plans from graph paper, moving pieces around until everything clicked.

In 2010, an aptitude test at the Johnson O'Connor Research Foundation confirmed what I already suspected: spatial reasoning is my native language. Since then I have put it to use in dozens of homes — helping families figure out why a room isn't working, editing renovation plans before anything gets built, and translating the gap between what an architect draws and how a family actually lives.

During our own home renovation, I spent over 250 hours drawing potential floor plans — even though we had a highly competent architect. That experience taught me something important: good spatial design isn't just about what fits. It's about how a home feels to move through, and whether it works for the people inside it.

I am based in Glen Ridge, NJ, where I live with my husband, two young children, and a house built in 1907 that keeps me humble. I work in SketchUp, I love a complicated floor plan, and I will find the mudroom your house forgot to include.