📝 My Resume

Last updated Nov 2024

 

My Role

I’m a UX Researcher who values creativity and human-centered design. I have experience with tech companies, startups, healthcare, education, and accessibility.

About Me

 

Career Interests

I am interested in ethical design, social entrepreneurship, and the impact technology has on society.

I have a keen interest in designing with disabled persons and improving the knowledge around universal design, especially for neurodivergent individuals.

Background

I received my master’s of science in Information Studies from The University of Texas at Austin (May 2021).

My undergraduate degree is in Psychology with a Mathematics minor from The University of Nebraska at Lincoln (2016).

I ran my startup from 2015-2018 where I made custom planners for people based on their personality and user needs.

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I have a unique gift of being strong in both my left and right brain — simply meaning I am both analytical and creative.

It’s not magic, it’s UX.

Strengths

 

My top 5 Gallup strengths/themes are listed because I do my best work when I'm able to use my strengths at work.
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Individualization

I utilize the uniqueness of individuals to bring out their best selves (Full description)

  • Easily identifies how people can work best together and creates effective teams

  • Motivated by a desire to understand individuals

  • Identifies what factors produced various outcomes and replicates conditions to influence outcomes positively

 

Input

I dive deeply into complex topics with an inquisitive mindset (Full description)

  • Generates theories, concepts, or philosophies to explain certain events, people, or ideas

  • Endlessly in pursuit of knowledge

  • Makes credible and well-informed decisions using sound reason and logic

 

Empathy

I intuitively sense and understand people’s feelings (Full description)

  • Facilitates teamwork by picking up on subtleties and anticipating the needs of others

  • Great emotional depth and a keen understanding of human behavior

  • Creates an engaging workplace by making others feel understood and valued

 

Ideation

I connect seemingly disparate phenomena to create novel ideas and concepts (Full description)

  • Highly imaginative and creative brainstorming partner

  • Enjoys inventing, optimizing current solutions, or proposing innovative approaches

  • Sees the world from different perspectives and always searching for connections

 

Futuristic

I push today forward with powerful visualizations of a better future (Full description)

  • Anticipates the future and adapts strategically

  • Inspires others to turn aspirational ideas into reality

  • Most determined and ambitious when working on projects that promise to shape the future

 
 
 

Interests

 

Psychology, design, and social good

I want to work on teams, products, or policies that not only allow individuals to thrive in a technological world but elevate human ability with meaningful tech in order to improve the human condition (...lofty goal, I know).

  • Technology and ethics

  • Accessibility and designing with disability

  • Social justice through technology

  • Creative education and giftedness

  • Human-centered design, UX Research, and conceptual UX Design

  • Social Entrepreneurship

 

Personal Interests

I am always observing human behavior and contemplating our larger impact, but I also enjoy relaxing with creative side projects, comedy and sitcoms, reading memoirs, and time with friends.

  • Creative projects (painting, sewing, DIYs...)

  • Interior design and decorating

  • Comedy (Current obsession: Maya Erskine)

  • Creative and reflective writing

  • Non-fiction reading

  • Yoga and rock climbing