Experience
2021 — Now
2021 — Now
San Francisco Bay Area I Bahrain I Montenegro
• Leading instruction in Human-Centered Design and Systems Thinking,
integrating adult learning theory and applied design practice across U.S.
and international campuses.
• Designing and facilitated research, journey mapping, and portfolio development workshops for current students and alumni.
• Served 300+ learners across the United States, Bahrain, and Montenegro,
supporting students from diverse cultural, professional, and educational backgrounds.
• Interviewed enterprise and nonprofit client-partners and matched students
to real-world capstone projects spanning education, healthcare, social impact, and environmental sectors.
Curriculum Design, Enterprise & Global Initiatives
• Designed and facilitated a Customer Journey Mapping workshop for 1,000+
international professionals as part of a global partnership with Dribbble, a
leading design platform and professional community for designers worldwide.
• Created a pedagogical and cultural research deck for a newly launched
academic department at the University of Montenegro; developed a reusable research template now informing future international campus launches as the organization scales.
• Contributed to the development of activated, scenario-based UX learning
modules for software developers at Deloitte, translating design thinking
principles into practical, role-specific applications for enterprise teams.
• Served as Instructional Designer and Subject Matter Expert on the J.P Morgan Chase Academy curriculum, helping shape UX and design education aligned with workforce development and professional upskilling initiatives.
2018 — 2021
2018 — 2021
San Francisco Bay Area
Created learnable products for B2B and B2C clients by leading design strategy and product development.
List of clients include, but are not limited to:
• Oracle [Led user research and ideation for intern microsite]
• Girls In Tech, Inc [Conducted research and designed optimized donation flow]
• Fearless Wealth, Inc. [(FinTech startup) Conducted user research and redesigned investment learning modules and client training microsite]
2019 — 2021
2019 — 2021
San Francisco Bay Area
• Implemented instructional design practices such as formative evaluation, active learning, scaffolding, and social learning to create individual lesson plans for students’ learning needs and styles.
• Drove guided, independent and applied math instruction by using students’ performance metrics and adaptive learning technology in K-8 math, Algebra and Geometry.
2020 — 2020
2020 — 2020
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Learning Management Systems for teachers to customize course content, assess student progress and connect with school-wide staff. Scope covered concept work that translated strategy and vision to prototyped proof of concept.
• Conducted generative and evaluative research.
• Defined design principles and designed information architecture and layout.
• Created pitch deck for startup capital.
2015 — 2017
2015 — 2017
Newport Beach, California
Managed human resources for a civil litigation and labor and employment firm.
• Redesigned client intake strategy to reduce billable time spent interviewing potential clients and streamlined site information architecture for business litigation marketability.
• Designed the firm's employee experience by sourcing and staffing with a zero turn-over rate for 2+ years.
• Assisted with legal research using LexisNexis to access legal information, including case law, statutes and regulations.
Education
UC Irvine
M.A. [Candidate]
UC Berkeley Extension
Professional Certification
UC Irvine