# Taylor Torres > Product Design @ Stanford ˚⟡˖ ࣪ PD Intern @ Duolingo Location: Stanford, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/taylortorres ⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡ Hi! I'm Taylor. I'm a product designer passionate about language learning, design, data, and storytelling. I love tinkering with ideas to design playful, memorable experiences that spark joy and create lasting impact. I'm currently getting my B.S. in Design at Stanford University with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence and Digital User Experience and a domain focus in Healthcare Technology Innovation. 💌 tjulest@stanford.edu ## Work Experience ### Figma Campus Leader @ Figma Jan 2025 – Present | Stanford, California, United States ### Intern Ambassador @ Duolingo Jan 2025 – Present | Stanford, California, United States ### Product Design Thrive Intern @ Duolingo Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Avatar swag ! ### Co-President @ Stanford Women in Design (SWID) Jan 2026 – Present | Stanford, California, United States ### Co-Vice President @ Stanford Women in Design (SWID) Jan 2025 – Present | Stanford, California, United States ### Marketing Intern @ Stanford Women in Design (SWID) Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Stanford, California, United States ### Learning Experience and Technology Support (LETS) Course Designer @ Stanford University Jan 2025 – Present | Stanford, California, United States Helping IntroSems professors design more intuitive, inclusive, and tech-enhanced learning experiences. ### Client Project Lead @ The Design Kids Jan 2025 – Present | Stanford, California, United States Leading design research and prototyping consulting projects with Pika and Aardvark Design Labs ### Designathon Design Lead @ The Design Kids Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 | Stanford, California, United States Led design and branding efforts for Stanford's first-ever Designathon! ### Marketing Intern @ Stanford Social Entrepreneurial Students'​ Association Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Stanford, California, United States ### Web Product Design Intern @ Treffa Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Seattle, Washington, United States - Led a 3-person design team to conceptualize, wireframe, prototype, and test Treffa’s web platform from scratch, complementing the mobile app (50k+ users) and enabling rapid growth and feature deployment - Conducted hands-on user research by working with Treffa’s first-ever user, gathering key insights to refine the web platform’s design and enhance user experience ### Product Designer @ Develop for Good Jan 2024 – Jan 2024 | Stanford, California, United States - Redesigned Free Our Vote‘s media and research webpage, boosting user engagement and creating a streamlined donation process for nonprofits and founders - Spearheaded usability testing, improving the user experience and ensuring all navigation tasks could be completed in under 20 seconds - Designed and implemented responsive mobile and tablet versions of the website in Framer ### National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) Scholarship Recipient @ U.S. Department of State Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | Taipei City, Taipei City, Taiwan - 1 of 23 American high school students to receive a full U.S. State Dept. scholarship to study Mandarin Chinese intensively at National Taiwan Normal University (师大)'s Mandarin Training Center (MTC) in Taipei, Taiwan for 6 weeks - Built partnerships with program coordinators, mentors, and fellow scholars through applying knowledge from language classes, cultural classes, and tutoring classes 6 days/wk - Delivered a 10-minute final research presentation on the impact of Modern Taiwanese Street Art on Youth Culture and Dissent - Facilitated thoughtful discussions with Taiwanese high school and college students on a daily basis - Lived with a Taiwanese host family and commuted to/from school via public transportation - Achieved Intermediate High language proficiency ### Founder and Executive Director @ Polyglot Perspective Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 Polyglot Perspective is a multilingual blog and podcast dedicated to inspiring international youth to learn languages and connect with diverse cultures. We publish all forms of multilingual art and writing and highlight the stories of language learners through one-on-one podcast interviews. We also give language learning tips, advice, and resources to facilitate these language learning journeys on our instagram and blog. ### Research Intern with SHTEM to STEM @ Stanford University Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | California, United States - Developed, tested, refined, and implemented a cognitive interview protocol for high school students and AIML professionals, which aimed for participants to make conjectures about how contemporary AIML technologies (e.g., FaceID) work - Performed inductive and deductive coding methods on interview transcripts to uncover trends in participants' knowledge construction processes - Authored two national conference papers to distribute and present findings to the education and computing research communities ### Youth Leadership Institute Scholar @ Hispanic Scholarship Fund Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Los Angeles, California, United States ### Scholar @ Kode With Klossy Jan 2021 – Jan 2021 - Collaborated with over 200+ girls over two week virtual program to learn mobile app development and design fundamentals - Worked with Swift and Xcode to create an interactive mental health and wellness journaling mobile app - Designed low and mid fidelity prototypes in Figma - Presented final product to mentors, fellow participants, and instructors ### Scholar @ Girls Who Code Jan 2020 – Jan 2020 Participated in a week-long program dedicated to empowering girls in the tech fields, specifically computer science. Collaborated with a team of 30+ girls and mentors to create functioning personal websites and personality quizzes. Learned and utilized the programming languages HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. ## Education ### Bachelor of Science - BS in Design (AI/UX Track) Stanford University ### Recipient of NSLI-Y Scholarship in Chinese Language National Taiwan Normal University ### Flintridge Preparatory School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/taylor-jtorres - Portfolio: https://polyglotperspective.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/taylortorres JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/taylortorres/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13