I hold industry experience beyond my current work at Smarty Pants, having served as the Digital Content Manager for the Hollywood Compassion Coalition (HCC), a non-profit organization that strives to demonstrate how the content created for television and film impacts the world we live in.

My primary responsibility was to translate empirical empirical research in positive media psychology and health communication studies into short articles that inform content creators, producers, executives, and talent in Hollywood about the emotional, cognitive, and behavioral influences their art has on viewers and communities.

I was also appointed to lead the creation and data analysis for an inspiration-based rating system that categorizes content into positive emotional states across various films and television shows. We hoped that the creation of this system will not only increase audience understanding of positive emotional experiences in media, but would also provide data needed to distribute to creators, demonstrating insight as to how people are feeling and want to feel when consuming media.