I started my career in the education and non-profit sectors because of my strong desire to help others grow and thrive. During my time in those sectors, I developed a strong sense of empathy for others through learning and teaching alongside the diverse community I've had the honor to work alongside with. Throughout my journey, I learned to never stop learning, because life never stops teaching.

I transitioned to user experience (UX) because I have always enjoyed engaging both the creative and analytical parts of my brain and am inspired with the growth and impact technology can have on people. For a while, I had no clue know how to combine my interests into a career, but when I discovered UX, I immediately knew this was a perfect field for me because it is a field that allows me to mix my passions and interests to help make people's lives a bit easier at the end of the day.

My desire to help people has not changed, but rather the way of how I go about helping others has now---via UX Research and Design. I intend to leverage my prior experiences and knowledge from the education and non-profit sectors to bring a level of empathy and attention to detail that is critical to making intuitive user experiences and always ensuring to put people first when it comes to research, design, & technology.