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Career Path

My Journey Through Tech and Design

Left Brain Talent

Technical Background & Strengths

  • Education:

    • Bachelor’s Degree from Indiana University Bloomington – School of Informatics & Computing

    • Sparked a strong foundation in technology and user-centered design

  • Early Career:

    • Began as a Performance Engineer at General Motors (2016)

    • Ensured application quality, system performance, and environment stability across multiple platforms

  • Transition to UX/UI Design:

    • Discovered a passion for the artistic and user-facing side of product design

    • Collaborated closely with developers, inspiring deeper technical learning

  • Technical Skill Development:

    • Studied HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Angular through Udemy courses and developer-led training sessions

    • Built a solid understanding of front-end development challenges to design more developer-friendly solutions

  • Design-Development Integration:

    • Blend of UX/UI design expertise and front-end development knowledge

    • Enjoys transforming conceptual wireframes into functional, user-friendly applications

I now take technical requirements given by my client and extract them into a visual user flow and an appealing interface. Using both the technical side of the brain, and the creative side.

    • Figma

    • Sketch

    • Miro

    • Invision

    • Adobe XD

    • Adobe Illustrator

    • Photoshop

    • Workshopping Project Kickoffs

    • User Personas

    • User Research

    • User Empathy

    • Usability Testing

    • Empathy Maps

    • Cross Functional Collaboration

    • Clickable Prototyping

    • Wireframes

    • High Fidelity Designs

    • Demo Walkthroughs to Clients

    • Alignment with Stakeholders

    • Lead Design Reviews

    • Quick Delivery in Agile Environments

    • HTML/CSS

    • Angular

    • Font-End Development

    • Technical Architectural Diagrams

    • Performance Engineering

    • Jira

    • Agile Collaboration

    • Accessibility Standards

    • Research

    • Data Analysis

    • Heuristic Evaluation

    • Task Flow Diagrams

Right Brain Talent

Creative Background & Strengths

  • Early Passion for Art:

    • Longstanding interest in visual arts and creativity

    • Completed various art courses: 3D Art, 2D Art, Photography I & II, Sculpting, and more

  • Academic & Creative Growth:

    • Minored in the School of Media — where artistic skills expanded into videography and visual storytelling

    • Developed a passion for photography and videography through creative coursework and personal projects

  • Freelance Experience:

    • Created promotional videos for startups, combining design, storytelling, and marketing insight

    • Continued honing visual and editing skills through freelance videography projects post-graduation

  • Current Role – UX/UI Design:

    • Merges creativity and technicality to design intuitive, visually engaging interfaces

    • Experienced in user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and clickable prototypes

    • Skilled at enhancing existing UIs to improve accessibility and usability

  • Creative-Technical Balance:

    • Found a natural fit in UX/UI design, blending artistic instinct with technical understanding

    • Views design as both an expressive art form and a functional solution to real user needs