3Leaf is a small, remote-first design agency.

I work as a UX designer on an integrated, 3Leaf design team with a Series B startup.

The Hexagon UX Houston Mentorship Program pairs early-career women and non-binary folx in user experience with mentors for 3 months, helping them create meaningful connections and build skills for success in the industry. Co-leads are responsible for running all aspects of the program which run twice a year.

I was promoted from UX Research intern to UX Researcher in January of 2022.

Some of my work has included:

- Developed research guides for user interviews and usability tests for two projects for the same fortune 100 client

- Conducted remote usability tests with subject matter experts, senior technical staff, and data managers to evaluate usability and collect user feedback of web application

- Recorded, tagged, and organized participant observations and direct quotes for detailed record keeping to provide to client

- Siphoned through observations, extracted usability insights, and presented data and data-driven recommendations for software improvements to client

Sound as Ever is a new Austin based lifestyle brand for those wanting to live an artful, soulful life. Inspired by the iconic Gram Parsons and music culture, their goal is to create a community built around living for experience and being conscious consumers. Working as a freelance UX Designer, I've devised the UX, IA, and SEO strategy for the brand's online Shopify store.

• Facilitated a participatory design workshop in Mural with two stakeholders to create a proto-persona, product categories, and keyword seed list for validation through further research.

• Define the information architecture and navigation of e-commerce site comprising 60+ products using insights from card sorts and tree testing

• Analyzed volume, competition, and relevance of hundreds of long-tail keywords to develop a content strategy for the online store built around SEO

General Assembly’s 12 week User Experience Design Immersive provides a foundational understanding and hands-on practice of industry-relevant UX research and design methods/ best practices. The course is led by UX design veterans who provide mentorship as we develop UX research and design experience through solo, collaborative, and client projects.

Prior to transitioning into UX, I was a geologist working in the energy industry. I earned my Masters of Science degree at the University of Texas studying sedimentology (basically sand and mud).

And prior to grad school, I worked as a Diamond grader at GIA where I also earned my graduate gemologist degree while working full time. The cool parts of that job involved holding a diamond worth $100 million dollars in my hand and digging for rubies in Thailand on an international field gemology expedition. Ask me about gems and I’ll talk your ear off.