Although I spent most of my life with the intention of becoming a violinist (and even got a performance degree), design has always been my 'what if'.

As a kid, I learned HTML and CSS hacking together websites for players on a virtual pet site, torrented Photoshop to figure out how to make graphics because I couldn't draw, and had a "job" when I was 16, paid in site credits, to make animated avatars. In college, I built artist websites for classmates until realizing that web design wasn't (and will never be) my thing.

After graduating, violin became the side hustle while I went to pursue design. I jumped into marketing in the music business to learn print design and social media marketing, making my way from intern to the company's first in-house designer. After feeling like I'd reached a ceiling, I left to pivot into tech, where I started my UX journey at a little (at the time) startup called Gorgias nearly 4 years ago.

Outside work, I’m probably laying around doing nothing, drinking a chai or matcha at a coffee shop, planning my next vacation, Zillow-surfing, baking, or hanging out with my dog (and whatever foster pup happens to be crashing with us).