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As a volunteer with Develop for Good, I collaborated with a team of designers to develop a conversational agent (CA) for Readeezy, a nonprofit focused on enhancing literacy for adolescent and teen readers with disabilities. The CA, designed as a 'Reading Companion,' provides personalized learning experiences through dialogue, assessing reading skills and.

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

• As a UX designer for Hack4Impact, I contributed to implementing a community calendar of events on Giving Connection's website, allowing nonprofits to easily promote their events and providing volunteers/donors a.
• Conducted competitive analysis of 4 event management and volunteer platforms, informing design decisions in alignment with Giving Connection’s 6 prioritized features.
• Created and iterated on design solutions through ideation and usability testing with nonprofits, volunteers/donors, and stakeholders, ensuring solutions satisfy project requirements and user goals.
• Integrated an improved design system, ensuring interactive buttons and other elements are accessible and comply with WCAG standards.

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

• As a UX designer at Hack4Impact, I contributed to designing a web-based volunteer management system for AniMeals on Wheels nonprofit, streamlining the process of delivering donated food to pets of homebound seniors and.
• Created mid to high-fidelity wireframes in Figma to visualize the volunteer management system, incorporating feedback from stakeholders to ensure design solutions aligned with the nonprofit’s project goals and needs of.
• Collaborated closely with the full-stack development team and created design specifications for hand-off to ensure accurate and smooth implementation of design solutions.

• As a volunteer with Develop for Good, I collaborated with a cross-functional team, including designers, engineers, and a product manager, in redesigning Centro Community Partners’ web/mobile app, integrating an AI.
• Conducted usability testing and competitive analysis, informing 5 areas of design improvements that enhanced user satisfaction and aligned with Centro’s strategic goals.
• As the interaction designer on the team, I created mockups and sitemaps to visualize and validate design solutions with stakeholders, ensuring compliance with business objectives, product requirements, and user needs.
• Revamped the app’s visual design elements to align with Centro’s brand identity, ensuring design consistency across the platform through a design system.

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

• Designed a budgeting app for college students who struggle with managing their expenses for food and keeping track of their eating habits
• Conducted interviews and online surveys with 30+ Rutgers students regarding their eating/budgeting habits to find user pain points and inform the app's design
• Created low and high-fidelity wireframes and prototyped on Figma to develop user-friendly and visually appealing interfaces

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Information Technology And Informatics, Minor In Cognitive Science

Activities and Societies: CreativeX (design lead), Hack4Impact (UI/UX designer), Blueprint (UI/UX design fellow)

High School Diploma