Before arriving in BC, Genie spent over a decade in content, digital and communications teams across Aotearoa New Zealand, often with science communication at the center of the work. She was a content writer for the University of Auckland’s Faculty of Engineering and the founding stages of a student satellite program that evolved to become part of the Auckland Space Institute.
More recently, she worked in digital government as a senior content designer at the National Public Health Service, Health New Zealand. There, she led web production, content design/strategy and analytics for nationwide health promotion campaigns. Her favourite achievement was successfully ensuring that millions in publicly funded research remain accessible by leading the build of a research repository for the health system.
She wrote her master’s thesis on internet memes, completed a postgraduate certificate in computer science and has no dietary restrictions.
