I was raised in California by a family of storytellers. As a child, I was an insatiable reader, obsessed with picking apart every character’s “why.” I was drawn to complex worlds. stories, and people, and spent all my hours tearing through stacks of books.

This curiosity led me to UC San Diego, where I studied human-computer interaction and discovered product design: a form of storytelling, informed by real people and their most honest needs.



These days, I’m designing core features for a travel and tourism startup (currently in stealth) to support discovery and intuitive wayfinding on the road. As a founding designer, I’m involved in everything from shaping the design system to grounding our product vision in real-world behavior.

What still drives me is the question beneath the surface: why people behave the way they do, and how we can build with clarity and care for the choices they make. Beyond pixels and components, I find myself most compelled by the necessity and purpose of the experiences I work on.