SKILLS
COMMUNICATION
Drove consensus on design strategy with SVP-level leadership and cross-functional teams.
DESIGN STRATEGY
Translate user needs into product strategy, balancing data, tech limits, and user goals.
RESEARCH
Directed full-cycle UX research (in-lab testing, data analysis) to define design requirements.
DEVICES
Expertise across FireOS TV, React Native, iOS/Android, Web, and Multimodal platforms.
ACCESSIBILITY
Proficient in WCAG AAA, designing for TTS and Pointer Controls.
DOCUMENTATION
Governed design output via specifications, documentation, and scalable pattern libraries.
Product Designer + Visual thinker + Story teller + Mentor + Mom
When I'm not in the thick of design frameworks, my world revolves around my husband and two kiddos (ages 2 and 5). We try to spend our free time outside hiking and fishing, which is my favorite way to reset.
When I actually get a rare moment to myself? You'll usually find me reading a book, or channeling a little focus into archery, or painting my soon to be published kids book.
Background & a little more about me
The first job I remember wanting was inspired by an afternoon spent at the Seattle Center with my grandmother. There was a caricature artist on full display along one of the walk ways, drawing silly pictures that somehow still looked like the people dutifully posing on the folding chairs across from them. I remember thinking how cool it would be to get to get to be that person; to draw for my job and make people smile.
Fast forward a few years, I discovered digital art in a photoshop class my freshman year of high school. Suddenly a whole new medium of creative expression was opened before me, and I was infatuated. Photo manipulation, masking objects in/out, distorting them in interesting ways, making it look like my bedroom window opened out to the surface of the moon. Incredible experience for my 14 year old mind.
It wasn't till a bit after that I was made aware of Design; but didn't know what Design actually was, I thought maybe it was just digital art. Little did I know the path that was just laid out before me...
Jumping forward again, after being accepted to the design program at University of Washington, I thought for sure I wanted to continue down the path of Graphic Design, go into marketing or creating brands. That is, until my first Interaction Design class. I don't remember the details of the projects, but I remember how that class made me feel. Getting to solve real problems through design thinking, and craft usable, working, beautiful things that had impact on people's lives. I was instantly addicted. I changed majors to Interaction Design, and have never once looked back.
Finding my way to this point in my career has felt very strait-forward, but looking back there were clear pivotal moments (as well as teachers and mentors) that lead me to where I am. My passion for design thinking, process, and craft still stems from the same place that saw that caricature artist: A desire to connect with, and create for, people. I first and foremost want my work to remain inherently human centered, and build the strategy around the people I'm solving problems for.
** Ai generated image… cause why not?