speaking and moderating
I have been invited to speak and moderate discussions at universities, guilds, and industry events. My interests span textile art and craft, regenerative and sustainable material, material in creative practice, my own social practice, local ecologies, and of course marketing, especially as it relates to creating new narratives for growth and change.
Color: Soil, Flower, Food, speaker with Anne LaForti, Seeding the City, April 2023 (Earth Day)
Dr. Deborah Nadoolman Landis’s course: The Lifecycle of a T-Shirt: Sustainability and the Eco-System of Fashion, UCLA Copley Center for Costume Design, speaker, March 2022
Regenerative Rising, Women in the Wardrobe, panelist, November 2018
Future Insights: The Future of the Creative Economy, American Craft Council, panelist, December 2021
ModeDurable, cohort presentation about local fiber, supply chains, and sustainability, 2020
New Paradigms, Agency, Courage, and Enchantment, Santa Barbara Fiber Arts Guild, 2021
New Paradigms, Central Coast Weavers, 2021
Inside the Studio, CSU Long Beach’s Duncan Anderson Design Lecture Series, Nov 2018
“How Empathy Creates Extraordinary Experiences,” OMChats, organizer and moderator, Oct 2019
Dr. Nurit Katz’s course: Principles of Sustainability, UCLA Extension, speaker, Fall 2019
LA Design Festival WellnessxDesign Event, hosted by Modern Luxury and Interiors California, Summer 2019
The Craft of Marketing, Textile Arts LA Professional Development Series, March 2019
UCLA Anderson Evolve Conference, The Changing Consumer, “Doing Good is Good Business: The Motivation Behind Mission-Driven Brands,” moderator, 2020
Material Curiosity, Elise Preiss in Conversation with Lesley Roberts, Fall 2020
The Source of Ideas, Ferne Jacobs in Conversation with Lesley Roberts, Spring 2020
