Resume
Past EXPERIENCE
Staff Designer
Visa, Palo Alto, CA
• Design and Audit for our Admin side for VAP (Visa Analysis Platform)
• Lead Accessibility compliance with DPD group (Each Development Team)
• Prototyping, and Accessibility Testing across web projects
TEACHING AND TUTORING
CAREERFOUNDRY, BERLIN, GERMANY
•UX and UI Course work
•Assist UX design students to understand of fundamentals of UX process through 60+ lessons
•Provide feedback on assignments from conception to final UI design
•Provide support to students who ask questions during their course work
UI/UX Designer
(AWF) @ PayPal Austin CSI, San Jose, CA
• VAC-Onboarding Team to ensure PayPal's customers has a seamless excperience
• Design various screens for PayPal.com, Partner, Guest and Progressive Teams
• Create user flows
Visual Designer
VISCIRA, San Francisco, CA
• Create iPad and desktop apps, as well as movies and graphics for animation.
• Deliver high-end, quality content and keep up with numerous production changes in a fast paced environment
• Promoted twice during tenure with firm.
Web/Print Designer
FOOTWEAR ETC., Sunnyvale, CA
• Designed and deployed digital ads and flash banners for online marketing campaigns
• Created all aspects of campaigns for full project life cycle, from concept storyboards to sketch through wire frames and final design
• Oversaw creation of and performed final editing of 24-page catalog
Adjunct Instructor
EVERGREEN VALLEY COLLEGE, San Jose, CA
• Instructed students on Graphic Design II: Photoshop and Illustrator/Artzine/Portfolio Class
Project Coordinator (Contract)
GOOGLE, Mountain View, CA
• Implemented creative design and brand campaigns ideas for targeted recruitment programs, including strategic events to create a strong candidate pipeline of female engineers
• Opened Google's recruiting strategic plan to focus on graduates at 2-4 engineering and computer science departments, resulting in 150% growth in female engineering pipeline for the quarter.
• Worked with Google engineers to guarantee the highest exposure of generating graphic and media essentials by using Photoshop for their events.
Web/Print Designer Freelance Projects
San Jose, CA
Clients: Lockheed Martin, VMWare, Wells Fargo Bank, Microsoft, Phalanx, Pharmigene, Plexpres, Empower Concept
• Designed fresh logos, marketing collateral, apparel, production and online media for various corporations.
• Developed Partner Central pages and collateral for VMWare's partner website.
• Created a banner for portion of the Lockheed Martin website.
Skills, Software & Tools
SOFTWARE
Figma
Illustrator
Photoshop
Sketch
InVision
Flinto
Adobe XD
UX FOCUS SKILLS
User Research Techniques
Prototyping and Wireframes
Competitive Analysis Card
Sorting Usability Testing
Awards
Above and Beyond 2015 at Viscira
EDUCATION
University of Hawaii
Manoa, HI
Masters of Fine Arts in Printmaking
CareerFoundry & Grad School
Iowa State University HCI - Masters/CURRENT
IDEO Service Design course 10/2018
Careerfoundry Front End course 7/2018
BJ Fogg Workshop @Stanford 07/2018
Frontend Development for Designers course 7/2018
Careerfoundry VOICE courses 11/2017
Careerfoundry UI courses 07/2017
Careerfoundry UX courses 07/2016
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA
Bachelors of Arts in Printmaking and Drawing
Conferences
World Day IA @ LA 2021/Workshop “Think on your feet”
2021 International Conference LDA - Learning Disability Association / “Don’t be afraid of HR”
Women In Tech Career Summit, Fireside Chats
(online summit) 05/2020 with Michelle Carrizosa
“How to interview in Tech”
World Day IA @ LA, 2020/Key Speaker “How we use AI to Structure your Life”
UXAlive @ Istanbul, Turkey 2019/Key Speaker “Creating Personal Connections with Technology (6 steps)”
UXConvey @ Seattle 2018/Showcase / VisaVue Marketplace
Just For Fun!
Did you know…
I think everyday is Christmas because learning is a gift
Every moment is and Aloha Friday!
I can not live without my apple iWatch!
I get inspire by stories that gives me so much fuel
I listen to KCCN FM100 when I am not sleeping
I always like to keep 9 cents in my wallet, it reminds it is okay to fail that many times