About Me
🧗♀️ Plastic Rock Climber
Can securely belay you in a gym
Twenty-one mosquito bites @ Pete Lake, WA
Brings a hammock on every backpacking trip
👩🍳 Experimental Baker
Substituted pizza flour for all-purpose flour
🙆♀️ Wife, Friend, and Daughter
To my amazing husband, two cats, and one dog
Experiences
Product Designer 3
2024 - present
Lead design solutions for high-impact scientific & 3D data visualization SaaS
Leadership Impact: Built and mentored a high-performing design team of 5, driving $500K-$1.5M annual project delivery with 100% on-time completion
Business Growth: Generated $700K+ in new UX funding through client workshops and executive presentations yearly
Innovation: Secured $100K competitive funding by conceptualizing and pitching an AI-driven visualization solution, now in beta with 3 clients
Technical Execution: Designed intuitive interfaces for complex 3D geospatial analytics used in disaster response, reducing critical decision time
Product Designer 2
2021 - 2024
Specialized data visualization and complex scientific workflows in energy storage, chemical analysis, and molecular science
Team Development: Mentored 6 junior designers through structured program in design reviews and growth technical feedback
Design System Innovation: Transformed design system approach, reducing component maintenance by 20% while improving designer efficiency by 20%
Process Optimization: Created standardized Figma/Figjam templates and Jira workflows now used by team members across 15+ projects
User-Centered Design: Conducted mixed-method research with scientists and analysts, delivering insights that improved task completion & satisfaction
Product Designer 1
2019 - 2021
Established external-facing’s first Figma-based design system, increasing design consistency across 6 products
Developed and implemented a human-centered design framework now standard across research projects
Product Designer Intern
2018 - 2019
Showcased the user-centered design process for enterprise IT products
Designed curriculum tailored to accessibility and engagement for 18 underrepresented students, fostering greater interest in UX careers
Education
Arizona State University, Polytechnic
M.S in User Experience (UX) w. Distinction (while working full-time)
2022 - 2024
University of Washington, Seattle
B.S. in Human-Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE): Human-Computer Interaction
Minor in Mathematics
2015 - 2019
Achievements
In Software / Service Category & Corporate Social Responsibility
Presented end-to-end user experience redesign of the Washington Trail Association (WTA) website to an audience of industry professionals
Neilson Norman Group: UX Certified
Credential ID: 1038498
Skills
Product Design
User Interface / Prototyping / Visual Design / Wireframe / Design System
Leadership
Mentorship / Delegation / Prioritization / Strategic Design Thinking
UX Research
Heuristic Evaluation/ Usability Testing/ Ethnographic Research / AI-Assisted Design / Brainstorming /
Optimization
Workflow & Process Automation / Complex Data Visualization & Interaction Design
Communication
Cross-Functional Collaboration (working with engineers, PMs, and researchers) / Stakeholder Engagement / Client Executive Communication
Problem Spaces
Geospatial Mapping / Energy & Grid Resilience / Molecular Science Data Collection / Wildfire & Disaster Response / Infrastructure Planning
Tools
Figma / Optimal Workshop/ Google Analytics/ Storytelling
Programming
Python/ Java/ HTML & CSS / JavaScript