Education

Associate of Applied Science in User Experience Design Austin Community College | Aug. 2018 – Present

Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders | Minor in Italian University of Texas at Austin | Aug. 2011 – May 2015

Experience

GSD&M

June 2021 – Aug. 2021

Austin, TX

Austin Community College – Service Learning Dept.

Jan. 2021 – May 2021

Austin, TX

Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes

Sept. 2016 – July 2018

Austin, TX

Experience Design Intern

  • Assessed existing sites for usefulness, usability, content, branding, and UX best practices.
  • Identified and documented meaningful patterns from user research and UX audit findings to provide recommendations to client and the internal team.
  • Translated and evolved existing design systems across various applications and platforms to create a cohesive brand experience.
  • Maintained UX standards and helped enforce brand guidelines to promote growth into new markets and ensure cross-functional brand strategy.

UX Design Intern

  • Assessed business requirements and defined scope of work based on stakeholder interviews.
  • Conducted user research and created related deliverables (Journey maps, low-fidelity prototypes, user personas, workflows)
  • Designed and validated solutions through usability testing to achieve user and business goals.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive product development.

Consultant

  • Developed individualized instructional plans based on testing data to apply cognitive therapy techniques to meet learning goals of students.
  • Maximized students’ progress by collaborating with educational, medical, and behavioral professionals in creative and efficient ways.
  • Adapted lesson plans by defining the right interaction model and evaluated its success to increase student and clinician engagement within an on-line teaching platform.

UX Skills


Research and Synthesis

  • Usability testing
  • User Interviews
  • Information Architecture
  • Personas
  • Heuristic Evaluations

Solution Design

  • Wireframes
  • Interactive Prototypes
  • User Interface Design
  • Design Systems
  • Data Visualization
  • Interaction Design
  • HTML/CSS