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I am a UI/UX Designer and Front-End Developer with a track record of delivering high-impact web portals and e-commerce UX across nonprofit, academic, and software environments. I specialize in UX research, IA, personas, journey maps, wireframes, and high-fidelity UI design, with hands-on front-end development in HTML5, CSS3, SCSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript (ES6+), React.js, and Angular. I am proficient with design tools like Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, Miro, Axure RP, Balsamiq, InVision, Proto.io, and the Adobe Suite to craft design systems and prototypes. I am data-driven and accessibility-focused (WCAG 2.1, Section 508, ADA) with experience in analytics, A/B testing, SEO, and Agile delivery using Jira/Confluence.
Work Experience
UX Designer at FOUND
July 1, 2025 - PresentLed end-to-end UX strategy using Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, and Miro to improve information architecture and validate experience updates through A/B testing, increasing user engagement by 25%. Conducted stakeholder interviews and workshops, gathering requirements and tracking deliverables in Jira; documenting decisions in Confluence within an Agile/Scrum framework. Created personas, journey maps, task flows, wireframes, and prototypes across donor, volunteer, and beneficiary modules; produced high-fidelity UI designs and supported engineering handoff with design specifications and responsive guidelines. Built and maintained a reusable UI component library aligned to typography, spacing, grid, and form controls, ensuring 100% WCAG 2.1 accessibility. Performed usability testing with Hotjar, iterating on UX to improve task completion and navigation clarity. Implemented front-end interfaces (HTML5/CSS3/SCSS/Bootstrap/JS ES6+) with React.js/Angular and REST API/JSON integration, delivering pi
Design Researcher at New York City Design Factory (NYCDF – Pace University)
September 1, 2023 - May 1, 2025Directed user research operations across 5+ concurrent academic and industry-sponsored product design projects, synthesizing qualitative and quantitative insights into strategic recommendations that informed roadmaps and feature prioritization. Gathered requirements via stakeholder discussions and workshops, translating business needs into UX strategy, IA, and user-centered workflows; tracked tasks in Jira under Agile/Scrum. Created detailed personas, empathy maps, journey maps, task flows, wireframes, and screen-flow diagrams; built low- and high-fidelity artifacts using Balsamiq, Axure RP, Figma, Sketch, and Adobe XD. Built a reusable UI Style Guide + Design System in Figma, aligned with SLDS and Material UI patterns. Led 15+ design sprints and workshops, delivering validated MVPs for international clients; improved user satisfaction by 30%. Produced high-fidelity UI screens and interactive prototypes and delivered developer-ready handoffs. Conducted research-driven UX optimization w
Web and Graphic Designer Intern at GA Digital Solutions
February 1, 2023 - July 1, 2023Conducted UX discovery, competitive analysis, heuristic evaluation, and UX audits to identify pain points; designed flows, wireframes, prototypes, and UI specifications for product listing, PDP, cart, and checkout. Created high-fidelity screens in Figma/Adobe XD; built rapid prototypes with Axure RP and Proto.io for stakeholder demos. Implemented mobile-first design with Bootstrap and ensured responsive UX. Created marketing visuals using Photoshop/Illustrator; executed SEO-focused UI improvements (meta tags, sitemap, canonical URLs, robots.txt). Analyzed Google Analytics to monitor traffic and optimize performance; collaborated with CMS teams (WordPress and exposure to AEM).
Visual Designer (Freelance) at Freelance
August 1, 2021 - February 1, 2023Managed a diverse portfolio of 10+ B2B and B2C clients across healthcare, fintech, and e-commerce; delivered end-to-end branding, responsive websites, and marketing solutions with high on-time delivery and strong client retention. Designed and developed complete brand identities, websites, and digital marketing systems using Figma, React, and WordPress; increased client brand recognition by 40% and web traffic by 60%. Produced marketing collateral, implemented SEO and Google Analytics tracking, and collaborated with developers in Agile delivery. Created design systems and handoff documentation to ensure consistency across projects.
Education
Master of Science (MS) at Pace University, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2025Qualifications
Soliciting and Evaluating Accessibility Conformance Reports in Federal ICT Procurement
January 11, 2030 - February 27, 2026Section 508: What Is It and Why Is It Important?
January 11, 2030 - February 27, 2026UX design Advanced job simulation, Llyods Banking Group
January 1, 2025 - February 27, 2026INSPIRE (International Student Professional Readiness Education) Program Certification, Pace University
January 1, 2024 - February 27, 2026Ford Design Challenge, Global Design Factory
January 1, 2024 - February 27, 2026Introduction to User Experience Design, Georgia Institute of Technology
January 1, 2023 - February 27, 2026Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Non-Profit Organization, Education, Healthcare, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment
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