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About Beth

Who is this?

Hi! I’m Lillian Elizabeth Gardner, but you can call me Beth. I was born and raised in Oregon, earned my BA at Scripps College, and I am currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada.

What did you study?

My undergraduate major was in media studies, with a concentration in production. My minor was psychology, intended to inform my art.

What do you do?

An excellent question! Right now, a lot of things!

I am currently working at the Discovery Children’s Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. I am working as a Presenter I, which includes facilitating exhibit spaces and performing educational presentations.

As shown in my Portfolio Work, my interests are across the board. Animation, screenwriting, website design, game design, the list goes on.

All my work falls around some central themes:

Children’s media, educational media/design, mental illness, and humor.

What can you do?

Technical and Creative Tools:
  • Adobe Animate
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Blender (3D modeling, animation, environments)
  • Twine (Video Game Writing Software)
  • WordPress
Human Centered Learning Design:
  • Observing learner behavior to identify understanding, confusion, and engagement.
  • Adjusting language and prompts to how children and teens think, categorize, and remember in real time.
  • Creating conditions that encourage curiosity, critical thinking, and reflection.
  • Recognizing the intended purpose of spaces, activities, and systems; and noticing misalignment between design intent and real-world use.
  • Prototyping practical improvements with limited materials to improve clarity, usability, and flow.
  • Supporting learners in critically evaluating information and messages.
  • Recognizing how framing, narrative, and context shape interpretation of media.
  • Considering the ethical impact of media and environments on learning.
Executive Functioning and Leadership:
  • Continually assessing needs and reprioritizing in real time.
  • Making clear, calm decisions and communicating expectations effectively in high-stimulation and pressure situations.
    • Often with teenagers, who benefit from extra clarity and intentionality.
  • Thinking in systems and understanding how individual decisions affect the whole.
  • Balancing safety, logistics, and user experience simultaneously.
  • Delegating tasks clearly and appropriately.
  • Supporting teammates when mistakes occur, and taking responsibility for team outcomes rather than assigning blame.
  • Leading with care, trust, and accountability.

What principles guide your work?

Environments teach values whether we plan them or not. Responsible creation acknowledges and considers that influence.

Lowering cognitive and emotional barriers to learning. Spaces, systems, and media should support real human needs, adapt to actual behavior, and be inviting and intuitive.

People learn best through interaction, narrative, and play.

Accountability means owning mistakes and correcting course. Strong teamwork and leadership are built on mutual respect, clear communication, and setting people up for success.

Accessibility is essential to equity. When access is built into environments with care and intention, it supports dignity, shared participation, and strong communities. My deepest motivation is lowering cognitive and emotional barriers to learning.

What type(s) of work do you enjoy?

I enjoy work that combines teaching, design, and problem-solving in real-world settings.

I’m most fulfilled when I help someone understand something differently—especially when that understanding builds confidence. When working on site, I focus on changing how people feel inside a system—from confusion to confidence, and from stress to curiosity.

I enjoy designing and improvising tools, activities, or environments that invite learning in a fun and intuitive way, then observing how people interact with them and refining based on what I see. I’m particularly energized by moments when kids are excited about something I’ve created and use it in ways that feel meaningful and empowering.

I do my best work within clear goals and constraints. I thrive working within existing systems, where thoughtful problem-solving can improve clarity, usability, and learning outcomes; I’m equally comfortable creating from scratch when those constraints are well defined.

Why “Pink Lemon Trousers”?

For my 15th birthday, my dad took me on a Carnival cruise. In that week, I made a friend who would change my life forever. Brooklyn Black arbitrarily named our foosball team “Pink Lemon Trousers”, and the absurdity and randomness of the words have never left me. Was it supposed to be pants with pink lemons on them? Pink pants with yellow lemons? A lemon wearing pink pants? I’ll never truly know. Brooklyn showed me there was a world outside Central Linn. My family moved to Eugene, so I could pursue and earn my International Baccalaureate® Diploma at Eugene International High School. Not to brag, but not only did I finish my program, I finished it in a pandemic (I graduated high school in 2021). I got into my dream college, I am raising a very cute dog, with friends I love very, very much. I am making art beyond my 15-year-old self’s wildest dreams. And it’s because of you, Brooklyn. I haven’t heard from you in a couple years, but I hope you know how grateful I am. We accept the love we think we deserve (Chbosky, 1999), and I’m happy to tell you my life is overflowing with it these days. I owe you everything.

Special Thanks to…

Brian and Carol Gardner; Ed, Terri, Jaimee, Alyssa, and Evan Gardner; Larry, Marc, Amy, Tristan, Chloe, and Teresa Gardner; Sally and Kyle Keene; Carol Loitved; Olivia Rene and Sydnee Glasgow; Melisa Harris; Kalyn, Karsen, and Kami Lafayette; Lovica and Sydney Johnson; Johnna and Jenna Neal; Jesika Garcia; Misty Stebbins; Hannah Huskey; Leo Hoerauf; Tony Belcastro; Wyatt Thompson; Shelby Simonis; Noabee Looper; Jean and Brynna Gritter; Jamie Derrickson; Kyle and Wendy Kivett; Katti Baney; Rachel, Shawn, and Zoey McKee; Robyn, Hunter, Emma, and Lily Bailey; Dr. Michelle Mitchell-Foust; Brooklyn Black; Claire Blythe; Jennifer Hehnke; Brian Kuzma; Nita Halstead; Michael Leiner; Savannah King; Bella Lauf; Finn Juenemann; Davis Wingard; Dylan Haeri-McCarroll; Abigail Young; Olivia Jenson; Cheyenne Mennenga; Erica Phillips; Aedan Rockefeller; Jo Ouellette; Emma Harden; Monica and Barrett Lockwood; Zachary Miller; Jackson Bunkley; Savannah Baker; Kevin Dettmar; Annelle Curulla; Stephanie Liu-Rojas; Kim-Trang Tran; David Mendelsohn; Rachel Mayeri; Ryan Engley; Winnie Bee; Eric Hurley; Oscar Moralde; Isabelle Beavers; Alessia Lupo Cecchet; Alfred Cramer; Dr. Jenelle Stone; Dr. Yaron Zedek; Tom and Ellen Conti; Lianne Kountz; Sam Langeliers; Nina Howe-Goldstein; Aviva Maxon; Lily Dunkin; Claire Campbell; Clara Desmond; Fiona Kubalak; Caetano Pérez-Marchant; Sam Lasky; Tristan Phipps; Belen Yudess; Alicia Lamkin; Philo Judson; Pádraic Morris; Becca Hockman; Evan Penn-Brown; Keegan Pinkerton; Taylor Swift; Taylor Tomlinson; Lindsey Stirling; Sonya Renee Taylor; Legs Nose Robinson; Glennon Doyle; and last but not least: Jacob Neet and Isabella Conti. Thank you.