Tony knows that in a world that constantly siloes and pigeonholes people and ideas, it’s important to see the connections in order to make the breakthroughs.

With a systems thinking approach, and a diverse background in the arts, journalism and tech, Tony is committed to using improvisation, divergent thinking processes and an affirmation-lead work ethos on any project, regardless of discipline.

Tony is a trained facilitator and mediator with a social justice approach rooted in the concept of multipartiality. Due to an interest in better understanding the human condition, Tony is also a certified trauma-informed care practitioner and a Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC).

Tony holds a Graduate Certificate in Devised Performance from the University of the Arts and a BA in Western Performance and Social Transformation from Oberlin College, in addition to a certificate in UX/UI Design from Springboard.

A Little Extra

In grad school, my cohort was tasked to figure out what our “engines" were, or the things that inspired us to create. For me, it’s the idea of things becoming obsolete. I desire to be a part of spaces that are committed to inclusivity and accessibility, which means that I’m constantly learning new technologies and new modes of thinking. And a lot of that is being implemented as quickly as possible. There’s always another certification I could be pursuing, always another book I could read, a new innovation around the corner. And with each new innovation, it means that something else is no longer useful.

I love living in that complicated space, the space of uselessness and obsolescence. What does it mean for something to be outdated? For it to no longer work? My obsession with things becoming obsolete really started with the community-service work I did at Oberlin College, because at a certain point I felt that I was trying to help create a world in which someone like me wouldn’t exist. I had to sit with that, because I was on the journey I was on mostly because of the structural inequities that shaped how I moved through the world. Getting rid of those structural inequities would hopefully mean that the people who might share my identities would be able to navigate their world more easily than me.

At least, I hope that’s the case. I find myself observing and researching the trends that come and go with each new breakthrough in technology. I like seeing products and services come and go, and I like seeing the externalities of how those products and services affect how humans interact with each other. I wonder what things will become obsolete a half century from now. What things in this moment will be seen as outdated and not useful. And is there anything that really lasts? And if there is, why?