About
Currently — Designing software for Refugee and Asylum Operations within USCIS.
Outside of my professional work I love multi-disciplinary design, visible mending, and buying my favorite things on second-hand.
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Work Experience
Designer for the user interface for Refugee and Asylum adjudication tools. Helping officers navigate the complex humanitarian process of Refugee and Asylum in the United States through trauma-informed design and deep user research practices. Additionally creating design team tools for accessibility.
Leading desing for admin, onboarding, and core web app; UI architecture, and design system adoption.
Lead design for public facing government web portals, core app reporting features, and design systems foundations
Led design for Medical/Home Treatment product companion app at seed stage startup + brand refinement and design system foundations
Built branded e-commerce websites which delighted 50+ small D2C clients as well as branded assets and email campaign templates for each and dozens more.
Web design and development primarily working with small businesses and non-profits.
Notable clients include Northeastern University, Dodrill Insurance, Industrial Alchemy, and San Juan Citizens Alliance.
When Patagonia asks you if you want to join the leadership team for an experimental pre-owned clothing pop-up store you say hell yeah. Teaching, fixing, serving, and learning; all centered around keeping clothes around a bit longer.
I designed highly-rated products for Vertx and hard-ware for award-winning Eddie Bauer luggage. Rapid prototyping, 3-d CAD modeling, illustrated manufacturing assets, etc.
Projects
Our relationship with textiles is out of balance. How can we catalyze change towards a culture of repair? The Repair Cycle is a mobile, on-the-spot mending service that powers the circular economy through the universal aspect of clothing.
Funded by UW sustainability fund, Mactez Stipend, and other generous organizations.
Education
Industrial & Product Design
Writing
Post that agues for the effectiveness of using an unstructured "pile" system for organizing design research artifacts, where documents are sorted by date modified, and made searchable.
Small design investments for scrappy non-profits that help prevent websites from getting in the way.