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