Praneeta Sirigiri

Support the Foundation’s mission through website design, development, and ongoing maintenance for digital programs and community impact initiatives. Improve UX/UI across the website and collaborate with the team to translate wireframes into mockups in an Agile, ongoing workflow.

Designed an AI-powered assistive system to improve public transit map usability and customer experience for users with color vision deficiency, applying WCAG and ADA principles. Conducted UX research and accessibility audits to identify navigation barriers caused by color-dependent wayfinding. Built personas, user flows, and journey maps; translated wireframes into mockups for a smart glasses and companion app prototype within an Agile team process.

Led end-to-end product design and UX research through 13 student and stakeholder interviews plus survey research, affinity mapping, and user journey mapping. Identified emotional safety as the core barrier to spoken fluency. Developed personas and user flows to support a multi-touchpoint ecosystem (mobile app + shared hardware device) with level-matched peer conversations and real-time conversational support. Used an Agile, iterative process with advisor check-ins, pretotyping, usability testing, and competitive/industry trend analysis to translate wireframes into mockups.