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May is the founder of Boundless Studio, a BIPOC women-owned multidisciplinary studio. May wears many hats as a designer, researcher, artist-bookmaker and educator with over 15 years of experience in designing better futures with and for communities and organizations. May tackle complex problems and ideas spans from democratizing STEM education with NASA to building a better safety net for unaccompanied immigrant children in the Bay Area with Stanford Impact Labs.
May creates through human-centered research to design artifacts, systems, and experiences with a community-driven and trauma-informed approach, always with the purpose of uncovering untold stories and building a more equitable and sustainable future. May believes that design and art is a way to build power and heal—using the power of storytelling to elevate unheard voices. Participatory design is key to May’s work, always designing new ways to connect with communities and audiences thought facilitated workshops and interactions. With a communications design background, May continues to explore storytelling in the form of bookmaking and printmaking—exploring new techniques and formats.
Advocating for diversity and gender equality is an integral part of May’s work. She is a mentor for the New Inc Incubator in the New Museum, part of the leadership team for Women In Innovation and founded The Take A Stand Project, a nonprofit collective of designers. May is currently an adjunct professor at Pratt Institute in the MFA communications design program, teaching design research with a social impact lens. May holds a master’s in branding from the School of Visual Arts. When she is not nerding out on equitable design, you will find her in the ocean surfing any waves she can hunt.