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Sacramento, California, United States

Actively manage Covered California design and development staff in our mission to build and maintain a high quality health insurance marketplace. Our product enables millions of eligible individuals, families and small businesses to learn and purchase private health insurance coverage through our digital interactions and journeys.+ Manage 3 scrum teams responsible for Covered California's suite of AI tools, public websites and chatbots.+ Cofounder and champion of the integration of value-driven AI within the Innovation Team.+ Oversee a rigorous strategy, design, and development process with user stories, continuous testing, and measurable KPIs to deliver products used by millions of Californians navigating their healthcare journeys.+ Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as the Policy, Data, Marketing, and Senior Leadership teams.+ Develop and maintain key vendor relationships.

Sacramento, California, United States

Optimize, prototype and innovate across departments and disciplines among one of California's largest governmental entities. Aid users in navigating complex digital journeys, various platforms and contexts in pursuit of financial success and stability.+ Led UX efforts, utilizing user research and customer journey mapping to optimize complex digital experiences for financial tasks.+ Developed accessible and equitable design practices, incorporating AI-powered machine translation for multilingual support.+ Utilized both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, collaborating with diverse subject matter experts to streamline user journeys.

Sacramento County, California, United States

Fast-paced, collaborative environment working towards sustaining and developing content and coding for Medi-Cal Provider products which supports health care services to roughly 13 million Californians daily.+ Developed and maintained WCAG-compliant web content and coding for Medi-Cal Provider products, supporting healthcare access for millions.+ Implemented tools like Siteimprove and Google Optimize to create equitable and accessible solutions that were continuously evolving and improved.

Davis, Ca

Strove to empower brilliant underrepresented scholars of color through a rigorous STEM-based education, culturally-relevant coursework and access to resources and social capital that allow them to pave a personal and successful career in tech and entrepreneurship.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Led the design of multifaceted branded experiences for clients like Google and Coachella. My role encompassed ideation, art direction, construction drawings, and project management. The work centered on crafting impactful brand experiences.

Portland, Oregon Area

At Oregon College of Art & Craft I played the role of educator and mentor within a creative community dedicated to craft and material practice, OCAC is a mentor-based learning environment in which I sought to foster self-reliant, entrepreneurial, globally conscious, critical and innovative makers.

Spent time as a researcher and educator teaching design students digital fabrication as it relates to the process of product design from initial concept to future manufacture. Moreover, my work here revolved around Think + Make courses that introduced freshmen art and design students to the worlds of 2D and 3D design, encourage the expansion and evolution of their talents, as well as methods of applying their skills in the professional world.

Master’S Degree, Product Design

Activities and Societies: Class President 2016-2017; Don C. Albinson Merit Scholarship 2015-2016; Robert C Larson Venture Award 2015-2016.

Bfa, Product Design

Activities and Societies: Betty Sterling Memorial Scholarship 2012-2013Learned high-quality researching, development, and design solutions.