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About Me.

I am a curious and creative problem solver and leader with a natural ability to see the fine details in the bigger picture, and I am shamelessly often making design edits (or giving design praises) in my head when I see a food menu, billboard, or even another website or app.

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Though I have these abilities I feel are natural, I also recognize that natural skill is worth even more with education and practice. I hold this to be true as I teach my students, lead my teams, and approach my own work.

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My Work History

UX/UI Designer & Researcher

DMSM Consulting

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2019—Present

Freelance and contract projects with a variety of businesses to conduct user interviews and tests, design audits, competitive
analyses, as well as create wireframes, mockups, and prototypes. 

  • Social Cause Organization | 05/2024—08/2024
    Redesigned educational website to modernize UI and create intuitive UX for folks seeking information. Designed low-fidelity, medium-fidelity, and high-fidelity wireframes and mockups in Figma, then exported designs to Zeplin to create an interactive specifications document for development in WordPress.

  • Zentilly Lace & More | 03/2024—04/2024
    Redesigned website in Figma and Wix, increasing sales by 38% 3 months post-launch.​

  • JP Morgan | 08/2022—10/2022 Conducted preference tests and presented recommendations based on feedback that resulted in the current live designs on article website.

  • Henry Schein | 08/2022—10/2022
    Conducted concept tests and presented recommendations based on feedback that resulted in the current live designs on personalized dashboard for medical and dental office managers.

  • Collekt. | 01/2021—05/2022
    Conducted user interviews to understand key users and stakeholders, leading to designing of new art collection management system in Figma.

  • Dorson Community Foundation | 09/2020—01/2021
    Led research efforts for website redesign that led to an increase by 50% in donations in 3 months.

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Lead UX Instructor

Upright Education, Chegg,
General Assembly


12/2019—Present

Teaching bootcamp UX/UI courses to 100+ career-changers, mentoring students as both instructor and acting project manager to ensure student success.

  • Upright Education | 08/2024—Present (Part Time)
    - Joined team 4 weeks after course had started, adapting quickly to deliver success to the company and to customers.
    - Current Graduation Rate: 80%
    - Alumni Success Rate (alumni with careers today): 92%

  • Chegg | 02/2023—02/2024 (Full-Time)
    - Collaborated with Careers Team to design new post-course UX lessons for the job hunt, and to assemble a hackathon for alumni.
    - Graduation Rate: 95%
    - Alumni Success Rate (alumni with careers today): 93%

  • General Assembly | 12/2020—04/2022 (Full & Part Time)
    - Taught first "Flex" course (6 month night class) with graduation rate of 95%. Joined class 1 month into class as a guest lecturer, hired to take over full time after first lesson.
    - While supporting students, I conducted research on disability support for our students to train instructors.
    - Graduation Rate: 94%
    - Alumni Success Rate (alumni with careers today): 92%

Vice President &
Member of the Board

NYC UXPA

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12/2020—04/4024

  • ​​Director of Research | 10/2022—04/2024
    Led research team and project planning for ongoing research projects, and an audit of the NYC UXPA website.

  • Vice President | 02/2022—04/2024
    Led local nonprofit organization with President, Secretary, and 4 board members, providing space for education, support, and networking for UX and tech professionals.

  • Director of Events and Communications | 12/2020—05/2023
    Led team of 5 designers to create UX-and tech-centered events and digital media content. Used Figma to create advertisements for social media and within the Slack community.

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