About Me
I specialize in designing thoughtful, inclusive experiences inspired by real people’s stories and challenges. With experience spanning accessible wayfinding within building a startup to building community-driven wellness tools, my work blends empathy 🧡, strategy 🧠, and creativity 🎨. As a passionate educator and mentor, I find joy in guiding others through the design process, always asking why before deciding what to build.
Cultivating the Future Through Education
As a lifelong learner 📚, I’ve always been dedicated to sharing knowledge and contributing to the growth of others. I believe education is transformative and I’m always seeking ways to expand my own horizons. During the COVID pandemic, I sought virtual means of volunteering and taught English to students impacted by global conflict through Paper Airplanes, tailoring lesson plans to their unique needs. Most recently, I have pioneered and am teaching an introductory UX program for the Women in Tech sector, to update and enrich their technological curriculum.
The Intersection of Science, Health, & Design
How I bridge my background into the design process.
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In healthcare, understanding people’s needs is critical and a mindset that aligns closely with human-centered design philosophies that drives my focus on meaningful, user-first solutions.
Pictured at the top is my participation in clinics held in Peru’s villages lacking proper medical care. Over one week, 1,500+ patients were diagnosed.
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Navigating complex biological systems has equipped me to think holistically about user experience and designing interactions that work seamlessly within broader technological and social ecosystems.
Pictured at the bottom, I presented my organic chemistry capstone on how the drug carbamazepine works in the body. I focused on how its tricyclic structure and amide functional groups help to calm overactive nerves and how it travels through the metabolic pathway.
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Precision matters in both science and interface design. In HCI, this translates into crafting accessible, consistent, and usable designs that account for edge cases and user diversity.
Published Work: 12/17/2020 · Co-author
“Signal processing of quantitative continuous measurement of movements in the extremities”
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The study of biological systems taught me to navigate intricate systems which helps me break down user flows, identify bottlenecks, and design elegant solutions for complex problems.