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Mountain View, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Product Design Consulting WorkSEND WITH SCOUT (Project lead)An online postcard marketing platform aimed at assisting Direct Mail Marketers with running successful campaigns.• Planned & led user research• Spearheaded data synthesis & persona development• Developed grid system & type scale for the platform• Mock development from wireframe to hi-fi• Prototyping for user research across lo-fi and hi-fi stagesSTROLL HEALTH (UX Research, UX Design, UI Design)An online platform facilitating healthcare management between doctors & patients.• Performed competitive analysis• Conducted user research & data synthesis• Designed user flows• Developed mocks from wireframes to hi-fi• Prototyped hi-fi final productLITERATOR (UX Research, UX Design, UI Design)A mobile reading intervention application for K-6 teachers that facilitates in-classroom assessment of individual and student groups.• Designed flows from wireframe to hi-fi for a new student progress tracker• Led data visualization research• Designed grid system for the productATLAS (UX Research, UX Design, UI Design)A mobile application that delivers cognitive behavioral therapy-based support to depressed college students.• Conducted & synthesized user research• Developed user flows and UX strategy• Co-led brand direction strategy• Created wireframes to hi-fi mocks• Developed grid system & type scale for the application------------------------------------------Product Design Project Facilitator• Consultant for Y-Combinator backed design teams during strategic development phases• Led sprint planning, retrospective, and Asana project management• Documented Project Facilitator role & put systems in place for client project management• Mentored students on team dynamics & professional development

Notable projects:• Led strategic brand direction for indie gaming company Flint Games. Collateral created included brand direction, logo design, identity asset suite, booth takeaways, & website consulting.• Led rebrand for City of Oakland-affiliated ensemble Oakland Community Orchestra. Collateral included logo design and website consulting.• Designed digital display & templates for the Oakland Asian Cultural Center in partnership with the nonprofit Oakland Digital

Oakland, California, Us

Brand Designer• In conjunction with outreach, increased gala fundraising donations by 40% for the 2016 year• Created a 100-page program booklet & template for annual fundraising gala• Created program advertisements from sponsor assets• Designed interactive Sponsorship & Advertising packages• Created object libraries & streamlined assets for all event banners, posters, event maps and misc. print collateral• Designed Bar Menus, Table signage, Silent Auction signage and Donation cardsProduct Design Intern• Developed UX flows as part of design team for BRIDGEGOOD.com• Created wireframes & Hi-Fi mocks• Carried out QA for the BRIDGEGOOD platform launch• Created pitch deck & presented BRIDGEGOOD to funders at GoogleSF• Designed advertising collateral for BRIDGEGOOD• Participate in working sessions under Product Design teams at Instacart, Facebook, & Google

Satellite Beach, Florida, Us

• Authored poetry exploring human experiences of aloneness, solipsism, & our relationship to nature• Penned a children's book series proposal on the experience of eidetic memory & synesthesia• Wrote popular sci. digest articles based on scientific journal research

Oakland, Ca, Us

• Led curriculum training for new science hires• Taught science & directed projects for pre-K and K studentsDisciplines included music, architecture, sports science, and physics.

Oakland, Ca, Us

• Taught science & led projects for pre-K and K studentsMaterial included units on forensic, environmental, and sound sciences.

Oakland, California, Us

Senior Mental Health Assistant• Counseled high-risk youth with a primary diagnosis of emotional disturbance. • Utilized ABA to assist therapists with student behavioral goals.• Managed daily clinical documentation for individual clients• Wrote a site-specific program manual for employeesSubstitute Teacher• Developed curriculum & taught a summer course in consumer mathematics• Taught courses in math, science, geography, and history as a substitute teacher

Redlands, Ca, Us

• Designed and carried out plant bioassays with phytotoxins• Prepared media using sterile techniques• Performed data entry & analysis• Assisted with grant writing • Presented findings to colleagues at the 2008 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research.This research focused on testing an array of phytotoxic natural products on model plant species.

Redlands, Ca, Us

• Designed and carried out plant bioassays• Prepared media using sterile techniques• Performed data entry & analysis• Assisted with grant writing • Presented findings to colleagues at the 2007 Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research.This research focused on testing phytotoxic natural products on model plant species. In conjunction with developing new experiments, past research was duplicated to test outcome repeatability.

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Graphic Arts

Medical Sciences