• B.A. Information Science (Concentration: UX)
• GPA: 3.9/4.0
• Dean’s List: Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021

Drilled is an independent news outlet focused on climate accountability.

• Formulated a brand new design system for the global reporting hub that is as engaging as it is elegant.
• Designed lo-fi clickable Figma prototypes to hi-fi designs ready for handoff.
• Implemented reusable search and filtering patterns to optimize the UX.
• Determined the site identity through design charrettes with the client.

Good Energy is a story consultancy that provides the entertainment industry with tools and support to portray the climate crisis in scripted television and film.

• Partnered with user researchers and Creative Director to understand site pain points.
• Proposed and designed new user experience patterns to address pain points and generated more intuitive user flows.
• Adapted and extended the existing design system to serve new user experience patterns in Figma.
• Met with client stakeholders to understand the goals and requirements of each section of the site.
• Solicited Google Analytics insights to review user interactions within the site.

Client: Technology innovation arm of a leading pharmaceutical company.

• Collaborated on a concept strategy project to identify how the company could leverage healthcare trends, strong partnerships, and digital innovation to proactively address customer needs and transform the customer journey.
• Developed internal resources and presentations to teach my project team about design thinking.
• Navigated complex project requirements across multiple time zones, organizations, and stakeholders from partner to intern.
• Worked with senior designers to refine visual story and flow of content for client pitch decks during presentations and handoff.

A subteam of Cornell University Sustainable Design.

• Lead a cross-functional team of 20 students (undergrads and masters students), delegating work between designers, user researchers, and systems engineers.
• Conducted site visits and identified pain points with parking garage/downtown usage through empathy fieldwork and qualitative research.
• Designed wayfinding systems and physical signage using Illustrator & Photoshop.
• Facilitated team design sprints, steering the design thinking process and synthesization of findings.
• Headed stakeholder pitches of our various concept iterations, resulting in Summer 2022 implementation of our new parking garage wayfinding system.

Yoomi is a digital health startup with a vision to improve the standard of care in physical therapy through interactive patient experiences.

• Implemented the initial design system to influence the trajectory of the product, helping the team win the 2022 Cornell Innovation Competition Grand Prize and the NICHD Prize for Assistive/Rehabilitative Technologies.
• Worked closely with founders to build credibility through development of company identity, values, and problem statements, which were incorporated in investor pitches, branding, and marketing campaigns.
• Directed user research plans, interviews, and synthesized findings.

H&P is a sourcing marketplace targeting engineers & designers.

• Oversaw all design needs as sole designer; taking product from ideation through CTO hand-off, starting with wireframe sketches, Figma, and finally Zeplin.
• Communicated with software engineers to receive actionable feedback and iterate product development.
• Engaged in customer research calls with recruiters at Uber, Google, and other Fortune 500 companies to further understand sourcing pain points.