Lesley Sager
Credentials: NCIDQ
Position title: Faculty Associate, Director of the Design Thinking Initiative
Email: lhsager@wisc.edu
Address:
3128 Nancy Nicholas Hall
With degrees in both social work and design, Sager’s work and teaching is routed in the goal of improving the quality of how we live today. A prime example of this work is the micro-enterprise projects that Lesley facilitates for women artisans in Tharaka Nithi, Kenya. Lesley is also the founder of Merry-Go-Strong, a nonprofit organization that works in partnership with the community of the Village of Gatunga, Kenya, by supporting women and children to expand their craft, mind, and resources.
Affiliations: Interior Architecture Faculty Associate in the School of Human Ecology; Founder of Merry-Go-Strong (MGS)