currently @ The New York Times designing for conversation. previously @ Stanford (MS & BS).
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about
i believe that people have more in common than we think we do, and i believe in the power of online community spaces to uncover those connections.
my not-work time is spent line dancing, going to art museums, and birdwatching.
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Stanford University
M.S. Computer Science
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2024
Human-Computer Interaction
B.S. Engineering
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2023
Product Design
experience
The New York Times
Product Designer•jun '25 - pres
Designing experimental new conversation formats and associated newsroom tooling to reimagine safe, trustworthy, and thoughtful digital spaces for discussing the news
Associate Product Designer•aug '24 - jun '25
Led design on the newsroom tooling ecosystem for moderating and curating 150,000+ reader comments across 200 stories / week.
Product Design Intern•jun '23 - jun '24
Designed components and tooling for Ink, the internal design system used across 24+ major tools to serve a 3000+ person newsroom
Silk
Volunteer Full Stack Developer•dec '24 - feb '26
Led development on core functionality like the activity feed, chatrooms, communities, and collaborative webs as beta grew from 0 to 1000+ users.
Stanford University
DESIGN 1 Course Assistant•mar '24 - jun '24
guided students through design thinking fundamentals and techniques in foundational d.school course for the newly restructured design program.
Breakout Mentors
Kids Coding Mentor•jun '22 - jun '23
mentored beginner students through personalized interactive coding projects in Python and React Native