Work Experience

WORKSMITH / Product Designer

Austin, Texas (July 2021 - October 2023)

• Designed solutions in-house for a data-heavy B2B SaaS product, focused on new mobile app and existing web app, desktop and internal experiences

• Created, collaborated, and iterated on flows, high-fidelity designs, leveraging prototypes for particularly nuanced interactions

• Managed and improved the design system, redesigning components and pages with material UI

• Facilitated design handoff, fielded questions from developers, with organized and detailed annotation for efficient feature implementation

• Facilitated design handoff, fielded questions from developers, with organized and detailed annotation for efficient feature implementation

• Led live product demos for clients, internal employees and created a help center with articles and media to support feature adoption

• Refined design processes, integrated feedback and retros with developers and immediate team

• Wrote and conducted user testing, and managed iterations and compromises for feature builds

BLUECLERK / Product Designer

Austin, Texas (May 2020 - July 2021)

• Built wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and interactive prototypes in a collaborative environment

• Created new product features and handled multiple initiatives for existing design system, and product improvement

• Crafted high quality user flows and experiences to make technician experiences more intuitive and efficient

• Created new product features through discovery, research, quick prototyping and testing

GODADDY / Product Trainer

Austin, Texas (September 2018 - July 2021)

• Designed and facilitated new training program for 60 people in the Philippines for the launch of a website program. Managed project troubleshooting and updates for IT, Jira, QA and Operations

• Built and launched improved measurement for training to align with global learning and  development across services

• Wrote and updated company knowledge base and blog with visual how-to and step documents

• Regularly developed trainings for pilot projects across all teams, while analyzing growth and performance of agents during and after training

HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / 3rd Grade Teacher

Austin, Texas (August 2013 - May 2018)

• Wrote and published curriculum for AISD Social Studies Department, the Goethe Institute,
Gilder Lehrman Institute, EcoRise

• Taught Special Education and English Language learners with a variety of educational and cultural backgrounds

Sustainability Project Manager

Austin, Texas (August 2016 - May 2018)

• Pioneered the EcoRise sustainability curriculum and helped rewrite at the elementary level

• Conducted and organized eco-audits involving the Green Team students and volunteers

• Delivered design-thinking training that resulted in eight grant awards for eco-projects    

• Planned and managed an Eco Showcase for the Northwest Hills community, partnering  with Austin Energy, Austin Creative Reuse, Little Herds and Green Corn Project  

• Championed students’ annual presentations at Austin City Hall for Eco-Rise Youth Showcase

Accomplishments & Awards

TEXAS TEACHER OF THE YEAR

Awarded by Texas Council for Social Studies for outstanding humanities teacher / 2017

AUSTIN ECO TEACHER OF THE YEAR 

Awarded by Austin Mayor and EcoRise for outstanding commitment to sustainability and student innovation / 2017

TEACHER OF PROMISE AWARD 

Awarded by Austin Independent School District / 2014

ECOSCHOOLS USA SILVER AWARD 

Achieved award from The National Wildlife Federation through criteria met by Green Team Initiative / 2017

GODADDY FOR GOOD AMBASSADOR

Since 2018, I’ve served as representative organizing local and global philanthropic and social impact programs

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 

Selected to study the American Revolution at an academically rigorous seminar through the Gilder Lehrman Institute / 2017

CURRICULUM WRITER

Assisted in creating and writing geography and history curriculum district wide for Austin Independent School District

TRANSATLANTIC OUTREACH FELLOW

Accepted into Geothe Institute’s highly competitive two-week, educational study program in Germany / Summer 2016