User Experience Designer and Researcher with more than ten years of experience fostering creative collaboration, facilitating dynamic workshops, and promoting meaningful communication. Proficient in dynamic storytelling and transforming complex data into compelling user experiences.As a multifaceted professional with a diverse background in engineering, teaching, improvisational comedy, acting, and writing, I bring a range of transferable skills to help elevate user experiences:✅ 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Facilitated dynamic workshops for companies like 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘨𝘭𝘦, 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬, 𝘗𝘸𝘊, and 𝘈𝘯𝘩𝘦𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳-𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘩 resulting in improved team-building, active listening, and effective communication strategies.✅ 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Over 10,000 hours of immersive collaboration, fueling innovation both on and off screen, resulting in such achievements as the production of an award winning short film, featured performances in the New York Times, and an invitation to perform at the prestigious Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. ✅ 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬: Conducted over 150 qualitative interviews for my award-winning podcast, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘭, inspiring creatives and non-creatives alike to push past their setbacks. Used my active listening skills to extract valuable insights and generated an average of 15k monthly listeners.✅ 𝐈𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Enthusiastically iterated and collaborated on stakeholder feedback, demonstrated by successfully selling a screenplay to Nickelodeon and consistently refining scripts and sketches based on valuable input.If you're seeking a collaborative and creative UX Designer and/or Researcher I would love to connect and explore potential opportunities. I am also happy to chat about the time I got spit-balled by a 12 year-old while teaching math or what it's like improvising with Paul Rudd and Michael J. Fox.