I am currently an independent consultant as part of the Sonder Collective -- a network of independent specialists and designers with a shared purpose of co-creating meaningful and impactful change with communities in low resource contexts.
Working for social projects across 4 continents, directly with families, in their homes and community spaces, has strengthened my ability to understand interpersonal, familial and community-specific experiences, and how they are involved in the ecosystems that surround us.
I'm interested in projects that are going to impact those most in need. I'm open to collaborations and exploring new ideas and aproaches to existing social problems.
Part of a multidisciplinary team that is looking to use social research and design thinking to provide solutions to some of the largest social problems.
Research and design projects focussing on the Health and HIV in the Africa region.
Designing long-term treatment plans and delivering crisis management and intervention for at-risk youiths in the New York justice system.
Helping low-level, non-violent offenders within the Newark Municipal Court System the opporunity to complete social and community service in place of jail time/fines.
User-centered design that puts the users or subjects first.
Get in-depth qualitative insights into the people that you're trying to help.
Combine qualitative data and a design-thinking approach to problem solve interactively.
+(44) 7497 087 508
micki.semler@gmail.com
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