graciela

graciela

creative technologist in nyc, she/her

Education

2022 — 2024
MS Computer Science at Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Concentration: Human-Computer Interaction

2019 — 2024
BS Engineering at Stanford University
Stanford, CA

Concentration: Product Design

Work Experience

2021 — Now

Helping to build a new curated internet

2024 — Now
Associate Product Designer (Community) at The New York Times

Leading design on internal tooling for comment moderation & curation to support safe, trustworthy, and thoughtful digital spaces for discussing the news

2023 — 2024

Designed for Ink, the internal design system used across 24+ major tools to serve a 3000+ person newsroom

2024 — 2024
DESIGN 1 Course Assistant at Stanford d.school

Guided students through design thinking fundamentals and techniques in foundational d.school course

2022 — 2023
Kids Coding Mentor at Breakout Mentors

Mentored students through developing personalized interactive projects in Python and React Native

2021 — 2021
Lead Designer at Munchrooms

Created brand graphics, developed and executed marketing content for innovative vegan mushroom jerky product.

2020 — 2021
Lead UX/Graphic designer at Glimpse Dating

Led UI/UX and brand identity for dating app that launched at 5 universities with 3000+ downloads and a 4.5 star rating

Projects

2022
Memento

Designed and developed memento, a mindful productivity app grounding goal-setting in qualitative reflection rather than overwhelming to-do lists.

2018
Geofilters at Snapchat

Created collection of 21 Snapchat location-based geofilters with over 7.5 million global uses and over 320 million global views.