Hi! I’m Aly (she/they)

I’m a facilitator and idea-weaver who coaches clients to unlock creativity, ideate, and co-design solutions to sticky problems. 

I have more than 11 years of experience in operations management, customer support, UX research, human centered design, and facilitation. 

For 8 years, I ran the UX Research and Support department at Timehop, a popular app opened by millions of users everyday. This role allowed me to tune in to my abilities as a team leader, client advocate, qualitative researcher, community manager, and attentive communicator. 

I learned many, many valuable lesson during this time but perhaps the most valuable lesson is that capital T Tech is not for me.

I feel most connected and gratified when working with people directly, collaborating to create something tangible together.

To that end, I’m a Founding Member Sharehold, a research and insights strategy consultancy launched in 2018. While working to build out the agency, I deepened my interest in workshop facilitation and I am especially excited when guiding clients towards meaningful “aha!” moments. 

I’m a proud member and Project Partner with BlackSpace Urbanist collective. As a Project Partner, I co-facilitate focused workshop to train clients in how to apply the liberatory principles included in the BlackSpace manifesto in their work. I myself use the Manifesto to ground my practice, particularly leaning into the values of being a humble learner, practicing deep listening, celebrating collective knowledge, and creating circles of inclusion, not lines of delineation.

I have a Master’s degree in Urban Planning and dream of all of the other worlds that are possible outside of neoliberal, racial capitalism. .

I learned the foundations of facilitation work from my stint as a karaoke DJ on the Jersey Shore (no joke—a crash course in reading the room) where I perfected a version of “Born to Run” that brings the house down every time.

Between projects, I’m also a storyteller, standup comedian, and producer of a monthly queer dance party/mutual aid fundraiser that supports activists doing critical labor, such as Jail Support work.

I’m calling in clients and collaborates eager to learn from and alongside each other and who are willing to imagine a world otherwise.

Currently based in BK 📍 With my anxious Chihuahua, Finn.

Free Palestine. 🍉🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✌🏽