About

A little more about me.

I'm a product designer and UX researcher pursuing a Master's in Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington, graduating June 2027. I just wrapped a UX research co-op on Microsoft's CoreAI team, where I led usability research on Microsoft Foundry. The study surfaced a Severity-4 blocker that affected 8 out of 8 participants and turned a deprioritized known bug into a priority fix.

Past projects span identity verification, accessibility in education, climate tech, and maternal health. That work has been published in Cal Poly's TAGA Journal, recognized at CHI's Student Design Competition, and contributed to an early-stage startup's first investor round. AI, accessibility, and trust are the throughlines.

Outside of work I teach preschool and organize hackathons.

Most recently

UX Researcher

Microsoft CoreAI · Jan – May 2026

Studying

MS in HCDE

University of Washington · June 2027

Based in

Seattle & SF

Open to relocation

Looking for

Summer '26 internships

+ June 2027 new-grad roles

What I bring

Research

Moderated usability testing Think-aloud protocols Semi-structured interviews Contextual inquiry Surveys Journey mapping Competitive analysis Personas Synthesis & readouts

Design

Interaction design Information architecture Design systems Accessibility AI / ML product UX Wireframing Hi-fi prototyping Visual design

Tools

Figma FigJam Lookback Dovetail Maze Webflow Illustrator Qualtrics Miro

How I actually work

Make the call. Document the reasoning. Surface it for veto.

On Foundry, every methodological call was mine: recruitment, protocol, the mid-study choice to give participants a workaround. Reviews were veto-gates, not approval-gates. That's how I move fast in fuzzy projects without losing the people who need to weigh in.

The hardest "no" is to your own good idea.

On Nox+, I'd advocated for an AI document scanner. Strong demo, mockups in motion. But the research kept saying the blocker was trust, not convenience. We killed it and rebuilt around the privacy panels we'd been treating as a B-feature. Apple shipped Digital ID six months later. Same bet.

"Designed around a research gap" is sometimes the best you can do.

On Saksham, IRB constraints meant I couldn't directly include the kids I was designing for. I had to triangulate through parents, educators, and accessibility experts. I named that limitation in the paper. Honest about gaps; honest about what you can claim.

Published & recognized

2026

Designing for Neurodiversity: Accessibility in Educational Technology for India's Future Learners

Research paper on inclusive edtech for neurodivergent learners: framework + proposed design (Saksham).

Cal Poly TAGA Journal
& Digital Commons

2025

MomSAFE: AI-driven maternal healthcare

Research-led design exploration of LLM-supported prenatal care, anchored in expert interviews with OB/GYNs and labor nurses.

CHI 2025
Student Design Competition

2024

Nexstera Tech website redesign

UX-led redesign that contributed to $65K in seed funding and a 120% lift in investor engagement for a climate-tech startup.

Live redesign
→ seed round closed

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