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- Collaborated on a team of UX designers and stakeholders to create a user-centric, high fidelity prototype in line with Nature120's existing assets to present to investors - Performed competitor benchmarking, created target personas, and updated user flows - Created low fidelity wireframes and conducted usability testing on consenting user base- Iterated high fidelity wireframes and created interactive prototype in Figma- Updated style guide and shared all working files across the team

Completed Springboard UX/UI certificate program as a full time student to further UX/UI Skills: 700+ hours of hands-on courses, with 1:1 expert mentor oversight, and completion of 4 in-depth portfolio projects. Mastering skills in information architecture, sketching, wireframing, prototyping and testing, eCommerce and browsing, persuasive and anticipatory design, gamification and behavior change, dashboards and data design, social media and messaging, and product lifecycle.Projects: Capsule - capstone project completed over three weeks focused on increasing purchase transaction rates for online e-commerce company. Desktop website design. Tools used: Figma, Google Forms, Miro FitSpace - capstone project for a ground-up MVP mobile fitness application taking place over the course of three months. A wide range of research methods and synthesis techniques were applied. Multiple rounds of testing and iterations were completed. Tools used: Sketch, Anima, Google Forms, OverFlow, Miro, POP GramCity - modified week-long Google Venture design sprint. Final design of MVP mobile application included a location-enabled map and informational dashboards that allow users to remotely find photo-worthy locations. Tools used: Figma, Miro

• Part-time Research Coordinator for Dr. Naomi Simon’s Anxiety and Complicated Grief Program• Primary coordinator for “Walking or High Intensity Exercise for Anxiety: A Pilot Study” (s18-01277); primary contact for IRB submissions, liasion between participants and clinicians; administers participant study measures, takes vitals and runs EKG• Primary coordinator for “Assessment of Provider Satisfaction with Delivery of Telepsychiatry Services” (S20-01208); primary contact for IRB submissions, built REDCap electronic consent and survey• Experience with building REDCap surveys and data base; experience automating EMA surveys• Primary coordinator for “Predictors of Response and/or Relapse in Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and Complicated Grief” (s19-00347); coordinates logistics of biospecimen sample move and assists with data maintenance• Performs phone screens with potential study participants to assess presence of anxiety, complicated grief, PTSD, depression and psychosis for "Treatments for Anxiety: Mindfulness vs Escitalopram" (TAME) study (s18-00130)

Worked as a volunteer research assistant for Dr. Naomi Simon’s Anxiety and Complicated Grief Program at NYU Langone Health in the Department of Psychiatry• Performed phone screens with potential study participants to assess presence of anxiety, complicated grief, PTSD, depression and psychosis• Scheduled participants, prepared study materials, and entered data• Updated and organized documentation binders• Performed quality check on forms, resources and patient documents• Aided in IRB submissions, literature reviews, grant submissions, and recruitment

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Quality assurance for Cloud ERP company; responsible for manual and automated regression, system and functional testing of web applications

Santa Barbara, California, United States

• Scribed at weekly clinics that provide free medical care to the underserved population in Santa Barbara• Performed patient interviews and presented cases to attending physician

Charlottesville, Virginia Area

• Previous Research Assistant in Dr. Bethany Teachman’s Program for Anxiety, Cognition and Treatment Laboratory • Analyzed internet-based cognitive bias modification in its effectiveness to reduce negatively interpreted social situations• Studied day-to-day emotion regulation in depressed and anxiety prone individuals through a mobile application for ecological momentary assessment • Scheduled, consented and ran study participants in hour long sessions; performed the Trier Social Stress Test with participants; gathered, coded and analyzed collected data; presented project results in the laboratory setting; created and reviewed CBM scenarios for online anxiety tool, MindTrials

Master Of Arts - Ma, Psychology

Ux/Ui Career Track, User Experience Design Certification

9 month, 700+ hour, industry mentor-led UX/UI Design Intensive. Certificate program.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Distinguished Major; Dean’s List of Distinguished Students 2015 and 2017; member of the National Society.