# Blanca Diaz

> Senior Product Designer | Finance | Healthcare

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/blanca

My design philosophy: 
- Design to empower people
- Accessible design is foundational design
- Insight-driven, biased towards action

As a proud daughter of immigrants, community drives my work. I am passionate about enhancing tech and empowering historically excluded communities. I have experience advocating for people in healthcare and finance SaaS products.

## Work Experience
### Senior Product Designer II @ Paytient
Jan 2025 – Present

### Senior Product Designer I @ Paytient
Jan 2024 – Present

### Lead Product Designer @ Teacup And Toy Pets
Jan 2024 – Present

### Product Designer @ Carrot Fertility
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024 | Menlo Park, California, United States

### UI/UX Designer @ Denovo Studios
Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

### Product Designer @ Color
Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Product Design Fellow @ Color
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Lead full-stack (UX) designer @ Dandelion Chocolate
Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
-Outline design sprints on the web team which led to a 300% increase in online sales for 2020.
-Create user research plans and moderate remote usability testing sessions, compile notes into key insights.
-Managed release plans and built webpages for desktop, iOS, & Android resulting in over 70+ successful launches in 2021.

-Wore many hats, took role of QA manager to ensure we release high-quality website pages and monthly newsletters
-Developed and built the front-end UI of website guided by designs and user research I led. 
-Serve as Release manager to ensure all product pages are released within their deadlines and report releases to stakeholders.

### Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Lead @ Dandelion Chocolate
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021
-Serve as founding chair of our company's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committee
-Created and manage DEI KPIs to improve our organization's HR policies, internal promotion structure, and overall company culture through a more inclusive lens.

### User Experience Designer @ Dandelion Chocolate
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area
-Research, Design, prototype, and publish product pages on our online store, this work has lead to tripling our sales in the year 2020.
-Moderate usability testing to identify and address users' pain-points

### People Operations Associate @ Dandelion Chocolate
Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area
-Participate in our company's entire recruitment cycle from the job posting to the onboarding process

### Lead Teacher & IT Support Coordinator @ StreetCode Academy
Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Menlo Park
•Support virtual learning as IT support coordinator for the Ravenswoodcity School District.
•Gained empathy for community pain-points around tech literacy through teaching Intro to Code and App Development classes.
•Narrowed in on 2 KPIs with the team in order to drive the company's mission of reaching 100% of EPA families by 2020. 
•In charge of communications with key company stakeholders around our committee’s work towards an increasing number of Alumni in industry and Alumni started businesses.
•Initiated Alumni Network Project in order to drive our goal forward of bridging our students and the industry. 
•Serve as an educational consultant for 12 lead teachers.

### Instructional Aide @ East Palo Alto Academy High School
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | East Palo Alto

### Ethical Research Consultant @ SUSAN LIAUTAUD & ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | London, United Kingdom
•In charge of international communications in order to bridge the research gap between UK law firm and Stanford’s Public Policy Department.
•Conducted interviews with prominent figures whose work revolves around ethics.
•In charge of transcribing and analyzing interview and historical court case data, as well as creating data visualization boards.

### Data Research Assistant @ Stanford University Graduate School of Education
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 | Stanford, CA
•Used rapid iteration and prototyping in order to create curriculum catered to students’ needs.
•Tracked and observed 30 students’ math progress through interviews and testing, increased math test scores by 50% over 4 weeks.

### Teacher Assistant @ Luis Valdez Leadership Academy
Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | San Jose, CA

### Research Assistant @ Stanford University
Jan 2010 – Jan 2014 | Stanford, CA
Conducted university level research (at 14 years old) on the demographic history of East Palo Alto through interviews and reports. Compiled historic data into key findings on the cultural formation of my hometown.

### Laboratory Research Assistant @ Stanford University
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
-Worked at a university level Physics lab in high school to produce a user-centric product that promotes accessible math education.
-Used product design thinking process to ideate and deliver a physical educational product in the form of a puzzle.


## Education
### Bachelor's degree in CSRE: Identity, Diversity, & Aesthetics
Stanford University


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/blancainux

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Last updated: 2026-04-13