About me

I’m an interaction designer with a passion for making products that people can use with minimal help from others. My passion for design stems from my childhood of growing up playing video games and being the tech guru in my family.

Work
I’ve been working at Deloitte Digital as a user experience designer since August 2018. During my time with Deloitte Digital, I’ve been on a wide range projects in a different fields including waste management, healthcare, telecommunications, networking services, multi-level marketing, and retail.

Before my time at Deloitte Digital, I was at Accenture between July 2011 - August 2017. At Accenture, I wore several hats, including that of an interaction designer, user experience analyst, business analyst, UAT tester, and interface designer.

It was at Accenture where I first learned how to apply the design methods and lessons that I learned at UW Seattle in a business environment. It was also where I was exposed to the agile software development cycle and where I learned how to design multiple e-commerce experiences as well as how to do responsive design.

The most important lessons for me from Deloitte and Accenture are to always keep the client’s needs in mind, the technical feasibility of designs, and always advocate for the end user’s experience. In both companies I’ve learned how to defend my work and how to provide recommendations that will be the best for a client’s employees and customers.

Education
I received my B.S. at the University of Washington's Human Centered Design and Engineering Department in March of 2011. During my time in my undergraduate degree, I was exposed to working on multidisciplinary teams comprised of Design, Informatics, and Computer Science students. I learned how to work with teams to best utilize our skills to create the optimal experiences for users.

I also had the opportunity to study abroad in the Netherlands at the University of Twente in my senior year of college. While in the Netherlands, I worked with a student team to come up with a proposal on how to make the Afrika Museum in the Netherlands more interactive to today's generation.

Finally, between 2017-2018, I attended the University of Washington Seattle to get my Master’s in Human Computer Interaction + Design. It is in this program where I learned how to take a project from an ambiguous prompt, conduct research to find the real underlying problem, and then use the double diamond process to come up with the best experience for end users.

Extracurricular activities
Outside of work, my passions are listening to music, playing piano, playing video games, trying new restaurants, and traveling around the world.