
Yep, that's me.
Holistic thinker, playful, generalist lead product designer (and I even have hobbies!)
My path to, and within, product design has been one of collecting building blocks and experiences to become a well-rounded, lead product designer.
I started as a graphic designer, doing freelance work + teaching graphic design to middle schoolers as a high schooler.
My college experience pushed me to explore the history of medicine + medical anthropology, where I found my love of ethnographic research. I honed my ability to detect complex problems + patterns, especially for disadvantaged groups in the medical system.
I fell in love with product design because I get to combine my passions for design + learning deeply about people's behaviors, which is how I ended up sub-matriculating into the Integrated Product Design Program at Penn for my Master's degree (and being a teacher's assistant while designing menstrual cups for athletes).
I am currently the Lead Product Designer at Subject, where I am utilizing both my product and design strengths to bring high quality online education to all students, regardless of their zip code. I work on complex systems in a highly regulated industry — it's what I love sinking my teeth into. As part of my work, I've shipped my first ever PR - contributing important code to Subject's codebase. I love to read up on industry trends and stay on technology's cutting edge. For the 4 years before that, I was the sole Product Designer at Assembly, growing into a leadership role and designing enterprise tools to facilitate the engagement and celebration of teams at work. In this job, I work quickly, prioritize ruthlessly, and have cross-functional relationships to ensure smooth handoff from design to development.
When I'm not designing, I'm watching stand-up comedy (some of my favorites are Natalie Rotter-Laitman, Sam Taggart, + Ayo Edebiri), cooking, or playing (and watching) women's soccer (Go Angel City!!).
I'm still working on getting my portfolio up to date, but here's a list of some other projects I've enjoyed working on:
At Subject:
Design a zero-to-one suite of AI products for teachers and students, including…
An AI-supported grading system
A teacher's assistant that builds worksheets and identifies at-risk students
An AI tutor to help students (but not give away answers) that is there for them 24/7
Design scorebook for teacher overview of student grades
Design new question types for complex interactions to help kids test their knowledge
Create new brand treatments for Middle School course offerings
Re-design educator homepage experience
At Assembly:
Built the design system
Designed an automated challenges feature to help motivate employees to hit their goals
Incorporated AI to summarize survey content, ask questions about content in connected tools, and AI reporting and insights
Designed a browser extension-based audio 'Huddle' experience
Designed and re-designed our mobile app
At U.S. Soccer:
Design a player portal to act as the main point of contact between elite players and their coaches
My Master's in Integrated Product Design Thesis:
Catch Menstrual Cups - menstrual care optimized for athletes
At Banza (as an intern):
Run sweeping research study to determine if Banza should expand into the 'sauce' category
Test new products and set quality assurance standards for existing pasta shapes