I'm Tai — a Montessori-trained educator, mompreneur, and founder of Einstein By Design, a STEAM education company bringing hands-on science and technology to children worldwide. This is my corner of the internet — where I share the work I'm most proud of, alongside stories from life with family and friends, expansive international travel, and the everyday moments in between.
My greatest life's mission is to make the world a better place not only for the amazing human beings walking this life with me as my wonderful daughters — my Compass, my Tender Heart, and my Comet — but for all the incredible children of the world so deserving of the very best of our collective humanity.
Two decades in education. Fifteen years specifically in early childhood. A decade teaching technology to children in classrooms that didn't always expect them to be there — and building programs that prove they belong at the front of the room, not the margins.
I founded Einstein By Design in 2014 as a small answer to a big question: what would it look like if every child — regardless of zip code, language, or income — had access to the kind of STEAM education that changes trajectories? Ten-plus years later, that question still drives everything I make.
Since 2018, my family has lived abroad — first in Budapest, then outside Paris, and now in Marseille. In 2024, Einstein By Design was selected by the French government through the French Tech Visa program to scale our work in Europe, partnered with Google for Startups, La French Tech, and the US Department of Education.
My three daughters — a doctor, a future veterinarian, and a future astronaut — are the reason I do what I do. They are the compass, the tender heart, and the comet of my life.
A peek at what's in development right now — hardware children assemble with their hands, and a bilingual book series where the characters look like the readers.
A hands-on robotics and AI kit designed in France. Children assemble the hardware, write the code, and watch their own robot come to life.
A bilingual (English/French) children's book series starring Ibby, Lolo, Keke, and Dr. Beaumont King — an AI-themed adventure for readers who rarely get to see themselves as the scientist.
Design, for me, isn't limited to a single medium. It's the throughline connecting everything I build — products, brand systems, classrooms, and the spaces where my daughters learn.
Leading the design of Einstein By Design's physical product line — from Nebula Force packaging to the tactile details of each lab kit.
Art-directing the Nebula Force bilingual book series and shaping visual worlds where young readers see themselves as protagonists.
Painting and illustration as a personal discipline — a reminder that making things with my own hands is how I stay sharp as a designer of learning.
Expansive international travel across six continents has shaped how I think about education, design, and what "enough" looks like.
Every place we visit becomes part of the way my girls see the world. They speak three languages between them because of it. They ask better questions because of it. They have friends on five continents because of it.
Recent journeys: Puerto Rico, Morocco, Portugal, Italy, the UK, Aruba, and the winding cliffside paths of Provence.
What I'm learning as I go — about culture, language, presence, and the everyday work of raising kids who feel at home in the world.
A week on the island turned into a coffee farm, an unexpected foster kitten, and a birthday memory my oldest still talks about.
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Hosting here isn't an event. It's a Tuesday. The more I lean into the French way of gathering, the more I realize how much we lost in translation.
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This week's groceries came from four people whose names I now know. The pineapple was a gift. Welcome to the farmers market.
Read the post →It's the reason I started, and it shapes how every product, partnership, and program gets built. A few of the ways that shows up in practice.
Technology donations to schools in Aruba and Flint, Michigan — because the children who stand to gain the most from emerging tech are too often the last to get near it.
From university campuses in the United States to classrooms across the Caribbean and Europe, the work travels wherever children are ready for it.
A new digital product is underway to reach families and schools who can't come to our in-person programs — more to come soon.
Scholarships and partnership pricing for under-resourced communities. If a child is curious, that should be enough.
The table, I've learned, is where the real living happens. Family and friends orbit around shared meals, and the rituals of gathering have become the heartbeat of life here.
Farm-fresh for a fraction of the cost. The vendors know me now, and they've patiently coached me into better French.
Hosting here isn't a project or a performance. It's just a Tuesday — or a Sunday — and there's always room for one more.
The table, I've learned, is where the real living happens. Family and friends orbit around shared meals, and the rituals of gathering have become the heartbeat of life here.
Speaking inquiries, press, partnerships, publishing, or a kind note from another human being moving gracefully through this world — I'd love to hear from you.