Sept 2021 - Present · La Jolla, CA

• Major: Cognitive Science: Interaction Design
• Minors: Computer Science, Design
• GPA: 3.96/4.00

Jun 2025 - Sept 2025 · La Jolla, CA

• Collaborated with industry mentor and cross-functional team to develop a web-based AI tool that recommends structured academic pathways
• Conducted 25+ user interviews and surveys with UCSD students to uncover pain points in college course planning and navigation
• Researching capabilities and limitations of Generative AI to evaluate the product-market fit and find the most suitable model
• Created low-fidelity wireframes for user testing and designing UCSD-branded high-fidelity screens for developer handoff

Jan 2025 - Mar 2025 · La Jolla, CA

• Worked as an instructional assistant for upper-division interaction design course
• Held office hours to help students understand user-centered design fundamentals
• Provided input on course structure to help improve current iteration of the course
• Graded student assignments on topics relating to design heuristics and user interfaces

Jun 2024 - Sept 2024 · La Jolla, CA

• Worked closely with stakeholders from MPA Collaborative Network to redesign website
• Gathered 30 survey responses and interviewed 8 MPACN affiliated members to identify potential design/accessibility improvements
• Conducted website audit, competitive analysis, and SWOT analysis to identify potential solutions
• Designed brand new UI elements and restructured site map and prototyped 20+ high-fidelity screens
• Implemented approved design onto MPACN's site using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to create and update UI elements

Jan 2024 - Mar 2024 · La Jolla, CA

• Acted as an instructional assistant for an introductory design course aimed to teach students fundamentals of design thinking
• Led weekly studio sessions in assistance to TAs, providing students with suggestions to iterate and improve on their projects
• Graded and provided detailed feedback on design journals and assignments for 200+ students

Oct 2023 - Apr 2024 · La Jolla, CA

• Collaborated with team of 4 to create a high-fidelity meal kit delivery service prototype
• Performed user research through running 30+ surveys, 10+ interviews, and 2 rounds of usability testing
• Compiled a style guide to organize color schemes, logos, spacing, typography, and components
• Presented and demoed final prototype at end-of-quarter showcase to ACM members

May 2023 - Aug 2023 · Waltham, MA

• Moderated and observed 10+ internal usability studies on Pegasystems' live software environment
• Conducted regular meetings with product owners and stakeholders to establish measurable project goals
• Designed new components (e.g. authoring additional information in fields, file attachment widget, etc) for Pega's design system
• Collaborated with 7 other designers to align overall UX patterns for Constellation
• Prepared high-fidelity prototypes on Figma for developer hand-off

Aug 2023

• Led team to victory in company-wide hackathon competition
• Developed innovative solution addressing real business challenges

Mar 2021

• Recognized for exceptional UI/UX design work in hackathon competition
• Demonstrated advanced Figma skills and design thinking

Feb 2020

• Awarded for innovative and creative use of Figma in hackathon project
• Showcased early expertise in design tools and prototyping

• UX/UI Design, Interaction Design, Prototyping, Branding, Wireframing, Design Systems, Visual Design, Information Architecture, Graphic Design, Motion Design, Storyboarding

• Figma, Adobe XD, Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Notion, VS Code, GitHub, Google Suite, Microsoft Suite

• HTML5, CSS6, JavaScript, Java, Python, Git, C++, C, Assembly, MatLab, Bootstrap, Pandas, NumPy

• Usability Testing, User Interviews, Journey Maps, A/B Testing, Surveys, Competitive Analysis, Personas, Heuristic Evaluation, Data Analysis

• English (Native), Cantonese (Native), Mandarin (Native)