Founder & Product Designer, Free City Arts, a location-based cultural discovery platform (product strategy, information architecture, design system, CMS schema & API, interactive MVP).

Design AI-assisted prototyping and structured content workflows using Figma Make and LLMs to accelerate system design and concept validation.

Graduate coursework in Museum Studies (Harvard Extension), focused on digital interpretation, institutional strategy, and visitor experience design.

Publish essays on design systems, cultural infrastructure, and technology’s role in public institutions.

Managed and cultivated a team of six designers who designed and launched features across settings, notifications, identity, and search, meeting both business and user objectives.

Pioneered a design system and team, delivering 40+ components, achieving over 90% designer and 50% engineer adoption, boosting product quality and speed.

Overhauled settings, updating 125+ pages into an efficient, scalable web application that achieved 100% ADA compliance & responsive design, and full automation test and analytics coverage.

Elevated design visibility and transparency across the organization by executing a design review process, leading to a more cohesive and consistent user experience.

Organized two multi-day offsites for 100+ people from 20 locations, fostering team unity in a well-received, productive event that strengthened team bonding and unity.

Designed an intuitive onboarding experience that streamlined SMB and enterprise customer product orientation, ultimately improving overall customer retention and loyalty.

Identified requirements through user research and stakeholder interviews, leading to an optimized onboarding UI design that positively impacted user satisfaction and overall experience.

As part of the Innovation & Advanced Technology Group, coordinated a customer-centric design strategy for a pivotal product feature in Mint to help customers track income and bills together.

Conducted thorough primary and secondary research to gain actionable insights into the target audience and inform the design strategy.

Pioneering the use of a new design system, I designed an embedded and integrated product that allowed for easy expansion and adaptation by other teams.