building alternative ways to learn design!
About
✽ design educator
✽ fashion lover
✽ rookie art tour guide
✽ cozy game enthusiast
✽ classical saxophonist
Projects
I finally redesigned my portfolio after 5+ years! I had so much fun prototyping the hover state and I'm feeling nostalgic after browsing folders of screenshots from previous roles 🥺.
Over the past decade, I’ve mentored hundreds of product designers to land their first product design roles. I used my experience to craft a guide to be your companion 👭 throughout your product design journey!
The book contains all my honest thoughts on breaking into product design (in 24 chapters!)
The Art of Visual Design is live!
A fun and interactive visual design course for designers of all levels, filled with rainbows, sparkles, and a sprinkle of sass. I'll teach you all the rules, but just so you can break them all later. Learn how to define your own aesthetic and work toward a ✻ standout ✻ design portfolio.
Fontguessr is a game that tests your font identification skills while teaching some type anatomy basics! Test your skills and see if you can spot some of the most popular fonts from Google Fonts like Lato and Raleway.
actionable and honest advice from a designer who's reviewed (and rejected 🫠) thousands of portfolios during her career.
Side Projects
✨ I created a Notion job tracker for my friends looking for new roles right now! I know there are a bajillion job trackers out there already, but I think this one is a little unique 🥰
There's a special area to help you figure out what your dream job looks like. How do you figure out if a job is a good fit? What specific aspects are you prioritizing in your next role?
Good luck on your job search and I hope this template helps organize some of the chaos!
the ultimate wedding planning template is a notion template that helps individuals plan their weddings! It divides the process into manageable tasks and provides tips for each step.
who is the average of fashion week?
Writing
my honest musings & thoughts on post-graduate programs for learning design.
I’ve been working hard on the curriculum for “The art of visual design” and it’s been challenging to fit my ambitious dreams into a digestible format. I’ve rewritten the syllabus at least 15 times 🥲 because this is the first time I feel 100% unconstrained, and there’s actually a lot I want to say!
In this post, I outline my process and vision for the curriculum.
takeaways from my experience looking for a summer design intern at primer after receiving 450+ applications~
how do we learn to defend our design work? how do we learn how to make design decisions?
how do we create student-driven classrooms? how do we ensure every student has the opportunity to voice their opinion?
Work Experience
built the design function from scratch and created meaningful learning experiences and communities for ambitious kids~
led experiential learning experience and career prep program for 100+ design students by teaching & creating design curricula