Product Designer with a background in Psychology and Clinical Counseling. I like to approach situations from a person-centered perspective, and enjoy designing products that honor the complexities of people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to not only solve potential problems, but to prevent them altogether.

2021 — NowApollo GraphQLSr Staff Product Designer

2021 — Now

Oakland, California, United States

2020 — 2021Dictionary.comSenior Product Designer

2020 — 2021

Oakland, CA

Owned and led end-to-end Product Design on Dictionary's education-related initiatives and core sites, with a focus on accessibility. I worked closely with our Product and Engineering teams, as well as Branding, SEO, Marketing, Lexicography, Editorial, Revenue, Analytics, and Performance.

Co-owned and co-led Dictionary.com's introduction of user accounts (along with Product and Engineering), as well as Word Lists and Flashcards Study Sessions, leading to increased KPIs like Time on Page (+241.78%), Return Visitors (+23%), and Lighthouse Accessibility Score (98/100), among others.

Mentored and managed a fellow designer.

Contributed to and helped maintain Dictionary.com's design system and pattern library.

Co-owned the introduction and maintenance of our Accessibility Checklist (along with Engineering partners) to create more inclusive products for our large user base.

2019 — 2020Dictionary.comProduct Designer

2019 — 2020

Oakland, CA

2017 — 2019ChewseProduct Designer

2017 — 2019

San Francisco Bay Area

Owned the design of internal tools for Chewse's team. Collaborated closely with developers, Chewse's Head of Product and Head of Engineering. Previously, I worked with the VP of Product to design a self-serve, online ordering platform for corporate catering and a mobile app for Chewse's field team.

2017 — 2017GoFind.aiUX/UI Consultant

2017 — 2017

Berkeley, CA

Worked as part of a UX team to design a responsive, scalable ad posting tool for digital marketers and social media managers to promote their fashion brands via GoFIND's visual feed.

Planned and executed qualitative user research

Conducted qualitative data synthesis and analysis

Created several sets of sketches and wireframes

Built interactive prototypes

Conducted several rounds of usability testing and iteration

Education

Universidad Metropolitana (VE)

Bachelor's degree

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor

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Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s Degree