Digital designer with a critical, value-based, and human-centered approach to creative problem solving involving computers.

Portrait

(This image is a few years old, but apart from straighter teeth, I look pretty much the same)

What does that even mean?

Honestly, I’m not entirely sure myself. It does sound catchy, though.

But what I do know is that I’m fairly adequate at programming, know how to use Figma, and have done a lot of design thinking with other students and in collaboration with organizations for the past 3.5 years.

I think that some of the most important qualities of a good designer are to be humble, to put user needs before personal preference, to ask questions and to challenge assumptions. I believe that designers have huge ethical responsibilities when coming up with solutions that end up in the real world and affect real people.

I also have a wide range of personal interests, including playing music, doing photography, arranging themed friday bars, cassette futurism, tangible user interfaces, reading about tech, and drinking coffee. I have also been the Dungeon Master of a local Dungeons and Dragons campaign for a short while, but am a bit shy to say that out loud.