Founder of Solstice Design, a boutique landscape design practice focused on creating thoughtful, enduring gardens for residential spaces across the Bay Area.

My work centers on designing landscapes that feel intuitive, seasonal, and deeply connected to place. Drawing on a decade of experience in product and UX design, I approach gardens as living systems—balancing structure, ecology, and the way people move through and experience outdoor space.

I lead projects from concept through installation, collaborating closely with clients, contractors, and nurseries to bring each garden to life. Current work includes cottage-style planting schemes, drought-tolerant landscapes, vegetable gardens, and outdoor spaces designed for gathering, play, and everyday use.

Responsibilities include:

• Landscape design from concept, site analysis, and planting plans through installation

• Plant selection tailored to site conditions, climate, and long-term maintenance

• Project management and coordination with contractors, irrigation specialists, and nurseries

• Installation of residential gardens including soil preparation, planting, and layout

• Designing productive gardens including raised beds, fruit trees, and edible landscapes

• Creating planting palettes that emphasize seasonality, texture, and ecological resilience

For five years at Medium, I worked to deeply understand user needs and build experiences that aligned with the company's mission: empowering creators to publish their best work and connect with their audience. As a design-driven organization, Medium positioned product designers at the core of shaping the product roadmap. My role involved proactively identifying problems, then partnering closely with PMs and engineers to deliver thoughtful, functional experiences that helped users achieve their writing and reading goals.

I led design across several product verticals, including Creators and Lifecycle, where I planned and conducted user research and collaborated with data science to inform data-driven design decisions. Additionally, I wrote UX copy and established Design Principles to create organizational alignment.

On the Creators team, our focus was supporting writers and enabling them to publish their best work. We explored themes like Creator Reward—how we could reward high-quality creators through reach, money, status, and community—and Education. Key features we shipped included Tipping, Stats, Writer Onboarding, and enhancements to the Partner Program.

As part of the Lifecycle team, I worked on Activation (free user growth), Conversion (paid member growth), and Payments, with the mission to seamlessly deliver value to readers. One of the most challenging aspects of this role was balancing business goals with user experience. A significant initiative I led was the redesign of our login and membership purchase flow, which significantly reduced disruptive pop-ups while maintaining strong activation and conversion metrics.

• Led design of core product features including post creation, navigation, feed, groups, events, search, and user onboarding.

• Led design research projects to identify user needs.

• Collaborated closely with agile teams to bring product features from idea to execution across desktop and mobile platforms.

• Addressed both user and business problems by designing experiments to push growth and engagement metrics