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PROJECTS

UX/UI Projects

Project /01/Usability Analysis

A Tea 7 - Website Redesign

Redesigning a local business website through user research, competitive analysis, and iterative mobile-first design.

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A Tea 7 - Website Redesign Homepage screen
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Smart Bite - Product Design Homepage screen
Project /02/Full App Design

Smart Bite - Product Design

Designing and testing a personalized meal-planning experience to make healthier eating more approachable for beginners.

Data and Programming Projects

Project /03/Research Infrastructure

Multilingual Audio Alignment Pipeline

Building a multilingual pipeline to automate speech transcription, processing, and forced alignment for linguistic research.

Pipeline Overview
Multilingual Audio Alignment Pipeline Pipeline Overview
Team Metrics Line Plots
What Metrics Matter Most in the NBA Finals? Team Metrics Line Plots
Time Series Analysis
What Metrics Matter Most in the NBA Finals? Time Series Analysis
Project /04/Data Science

What Metrics Matter Most in the NBA Finals?

Using Random Forest classifiers to analyze game-level performance and compare feature importance across time.

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About

I am a UC San Diego alum with B.S. degrees in Cognitive Science and Business Psychology. I am interested in the intersection of UX/UI, data, and product, especially how understanding users through data can lead to better product decisions. I enjoy building things, working with data, and exploring how AI can be applied to both.

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Experiences

I was most recently a research assistant in the Language Production Lab @ UC San Diego. As a research assistant I:

  • Managed and validated 30,000+ research data points using Python
  • Moderated 30+ in-person bilingual (English–Spanish) research sessions
  • Conducted eye-tracking data collection using EyeLink Portable Duo
  • Collaborated with the PI and lab team through regular research updates.

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Skills + Tools

  • Research: Usability & User Testing, Data Collection; PsychoPy, Praat, EyeLink
  • Programming: Python (NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, TorchAudio, Seaborn), JavaScript, HTML, CSS
  • Design: Figma, Framer, Wireframing
  • Languages: English (professional), Spanish (professional)
  • AI Tools: ChatGPT, Codex, Claude, Prompt Engineering

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Currently

  • Learning: Wireless Communications Technologist Certification @ UC San Diego Extended Studies
  • Building: This portfolio + a weather guessing game
  • Reading: The Design of Everyday Things — Don Norman; Meditations — Marcus Aurelius
  • Listening: Tame Impala