My Experiences

My journey so far, from student to professional.

UI/UX Designer

@ University of Texas at Austin

Current

Aug 2025 - Now
  • Lead design for UT Sage, an AI tutor tool for over 2,000 students and professors, collaborating with an instruction designer and engineers to design web and mobile application features, including an admin dashboard and AI fine-tuning tools.
  • Develop and maintain a refined design system that includes over 25 components with standardized styles (border radius, thickness, colors, typography) to ensure visual coherence across the application.
  • Revamp high-fidelity prototypes in Figma and incorporate user research feedback to improve usability and overall design quality.
  • Lead accessibility efforts by ensuring the application adheres to WCAG 2.2 standards for inclusive design.

Design Engineer

@ Visa Inc.

May 2022 - June 2024
  • Spearheaded the creation and management as the lead engineer for Visa Design System React library , enhancing collaboration between designers and engineers to deliver seamless user experiences.
  • Achieved industry-level accessibility (WCAG 2.2) compliance for VPDS, significantly improving accessibility and inclusivity, in collaboration with A11y researchers.
  • Authored comprehensive documentation of VPDS in React and led knowledge-sharing sessions, resulting in a 50% time reduction in onboarding time for new developers.
  • Identified and implemented process improvements for Visa VaultKey+ Design system in both React and Angular.
  • Facilitated cross-functional communication and problem-solving, leading to a 30% decrease in bug resolution time in Visa VaultKey+.
  • Provided critical support for North American and Asia-Pacific regions, successfully addressing and resolving high-priority issues in both legacy and new design systems.

Visualization Intern

@ MANN HUMMEL USA Inc.

Aug 2021 - May 2022
  • Led the design of a specialized portal interface collaborating with the leadership team. Developed a single-page application (SPA) using React + Typescript and MS Graph API, allowing leadership teams to visualize and edit datasets seamlessly, reducing dependency on SharePoint lists and online Excel. Achieved a 50% improvement in team efficiency by implementing the new web portal.
  • Reimagined a legacy Production Console Interface, creating a user-friendly tablet interface for internal clients using Figma, enhanced the overall user experience, contributing to improved usability and efficiency by 40% in day-to-day operations.

Professional Experience

The bridge between design and coding.


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Skills

Learn, build, apply.

Professional Proficient Novice
Figma
React
TypeScript
JavaScript
HTML
CSS
Accessibility (WCAG 2.2)
Design Systems
User Interface Design
Cursor AI
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Design Tools

Figma
Accessibility (WCAG 2.2)
Lightroom
Framer
Adobe XD
Photoshop
Illustrator
After Effects

Development Tools

NPM
PNPM
Homebrew
GitHub
Bitbucket
Accessibility Insights
Confluence
Claude Code
Cursor AI
Tableau
SharePoint

Programming Languages

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
TypeScript
Python
Java
C
C++
C#

Frameworks

React
Angular
Vite
Astro
REST
Express.js
Node.js
Next.js
Django
Microsoft Graph

University of Texas at Austin

M.S. Information Studies Human-Computer Interaction & UX Design
Current

Aug 2024 - May 2026 (expected)

North Carolina State University

B.S. Computer Science Minor in Art & Design

Aug 2017 - May 2021

Education

Once a Wolfpack, now a Longhorn.

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