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Hi, I'm Lenise Santanaux, a UX/UI designer with a health and equity focus. I started my career in mental health and have shifted toward community-connected digital health products, leveraging SheCodes and Google UX Design training to bridge user needs with practical tech solutions. I’ve lived in the Netherlands for 10 months and traveled to nine countries, which fuels my cultural adaptability and resilience. When I'm not designing, I enjoy painting, dancing, and diving into TV series, which keep my thinking creative and adaptive in fast-paced environments.…Hi, I'm Lenise Santanaux, a UX/UI designer with a health and equity focus. I started my career in mental health and have shifted toward community-connected digital health products, leveraging SheCodes and Google UX Design training to bridge user needs with practical tech solutions. I’ve lived in the Netherlands for 10 months and traveled to nine countries, which fuels my cultural adaptability and resilience. When I'm not designing, I enjoy painting, dancing, and diving into TV series, which keep my thinking creative and adaptive in fast-paced environments.

Lenise Santanaux

UX Designer, UI Designer, Product Designer, +4

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Hi, I'm Lenise Santanaux, a UX/UI designer with a health and equity focus. I started my career in mental health and have shifted toward community-connected digital health products, leveraging SheCodes and Google UX Design training to bridge user needs with practical tech solutions. I’ve lived in the Netherlands for 10 months and traveled to nine countries, which fuels my cultural adaptability and resilience. When I'm not designing, I enjoy painting, dancing, and diving into TV series, which keep my thinking creative and adaptive in fast-paced environments.…Hi, I'm Lenise Santanaux, a UX/UI designer with a health and equity focus. I started my career in mental health and have shifted toward community-connected digital health products, leveraging SheCodes and Google UX Design training to bridge user needs with practical tech solutions. I’ve lived in the Netherlands for 10 months and traveled to nine countries, which fuels my cultural adaptability and resilience. When I'm not designing, I enjoy painting, dancing, and diving into TV series, which keep my thinking creative and adaptive in fast-paced environments.

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Hi, I’m Lenise Santanaux, a UX/UI designer with a health and equity focus. I started my career in mental health and have shifted toward community-connected digital health products, leveraging SheCodes and Google UX Design training to bridge user needs with practical tech solutions.

I’ve lived in the Netherlands for 10 months and traveled to nine countries, which fuels my cultural adaptability and resilience. When I’m not designing, I enjoy painting, dancing, and diving into TV series, which keep my thinking creative and adaptive in fast-paced environments.

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Portuguese

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Spanish; Castilian

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Work Experience

Occupational Therapist at AFNE - Associação Filantrópica Nova Esperança

January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022

Provided mental health-focused occupational therapy in a community setting; developed crisis management, holistic care, adaptability, resilience, emotional intelligence, and teamwork.

Frontend Developer (Freelance) at Independent / Freelance

July 1, 2025 - November 3, 2025

Created a responsive website for an insurance sales platform for lawyers using HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap 5; prototyped layouts in Figma; improved accessibility and user experience.

Front End Developer (Freelance) at Laercius Consultoria de Tecnologia LTDA

July 1, 2025 - November 3, 2025

Created a responsive website for an insurance sales platform for lawyers, using HTML5/CSS3/Bootstrap 5; rebuilt layout via prototyping in Figma, improving accessibility and user experience; maintained 100% design fidelity in the migration system.

Occupational Therapist at AFNE - Associação Filantrópica Nova Esperança

January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2022

Spent 5 years as an Occupational Therapist at CAPS Centro (SP), treating people experiencing homelessness and substance use disorders in Cracolândia. Worked across a psychiatric hospital and two primary care units. Developed core UX competencies through daily practice: in-depth user research, journey mapping, crisis-driven problem solving, and designing care solutions under high ambiguity and resource constraints.

Mental Health Supporter at AFNE - Associação Filantrópica Nova Esperança

January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2024

Support mental health initiatives with a health equity focus; performed care transitions and supportive work.

Freelance UX Designer

January 1, 2025 - Present

Freelance UX and front-end development; building a digital health product portfolio; currently volunteering on a mental health app and applying UX research to healthcare systems.

Freelance UX/UI Designer at Laercius Consultoria de Tecnologia LTDA

January 1, 2025 - Present

Currently freelancing in UX and frontend development, including a website rebuild project; volunteering on a mental health app; applying UX research and design to health contexts.