About

I recent­ly moved to Brook­lyn (which I am absolute­ly lov­ing so far), and I am cur­rent­ly seek­ing a posi­tion as a design man­ag­er or strate­gist in the New York City area.

Design Philosophy

After work­ing as a graph­ic design­er for 5 years, I found myself becom­ing increas­ing­ly frus­trat­ed with the lim­i­ta­tions of my job. I believe that design is about much more than aes­thet­ics; it has the poten­tial to make people’s lives bet­ter. I found that my pas­sion lies in under­stand­ing what users tru­ly need and apply­ing a designer’s men­tal­i­ty to cre­ate solu­tions that meet those needs. This is what moti­vat­ed me to push beyond graph­ic design to design research, strat­e­gy and man­age­ment.

These are a few aspects of design that are of par­tic­u­lar inter­est to me:

  • mak­ing sus­tain­able solu­tions easy and intu­itive
  • fuel­ing col­lab­o­ra­tive cul­ture in the work­place
  • help­ing busi­ness­es use their influ­ence to make pos­i­tive change in the com­mu­ni­ty
  • cre­at­ing mean­ing­ful expe­ri­ences and help­ful ser­vices
Other Interests / Goals

I enjoy hik­ing, run­ning, yoga and pilates. I like good food and enjoy trav­el­ing. The best trip I’ve been on was a two-week tour of Japan and Tai­wan.

I have an adorable shi­ba inu named Kobe who some­times acts more like a cat than a dog.

One of my goals is to learn Man­darin Chi­nese before the next time I vis­it my husband’s fam­i­ly in Tai­wan. So far, most of the Chi­nese and Tai­wanese words I know have to do with food.