Experience

DISCO

Senior Product Designer (April 2022 - May 2023)

Implemented, delivered, and scaled the Husky Web design system at DISCO. My day-to-day consisted of designing new components, writing documentation and guidelines, and working closely with engineers to deliver to translate these designs into code. My role also supported designers and engineers in the organization when it came to using the DLS. On top of that, I mentored and guided product designers on our immediate team.

HEB DIGITAL

Product Designer (April 2021 - April 2022)

Worked with a cross-functional team to implement, deliver and scale the Butter Design System. Providing a design and technical foundation based on tokens, we worked on creating an adaptable, future-proof system implementation for H-E-B’s consumer-facing digital products.

USAA

Mid UX/UI Designer (March 2020 - April 2021)

Lead the research portion of the Issue Management Portal project, a 3.8 million dollar banking initiative. While researching to understand user needs, I also focused on iterating on designs and rapidly prototyping ideas at various levels of fidelity. I also built and maintained the early foundation and components for what later became USAA’s enterprise-facing design system.

ATHENAHEALTH

User Experience Designer (October 2019 - March 2020)

Responsible for initiatives on multiple scrum teams to improve the user experience across platforms. Led projects from strategic problem definition through development.

PEDDLE

Experience Design Intern (May 2019 - October 2019)

I shaped, documented, and maintained a custom system of components that formed part of Peddle’s design system. I built rapid prototypes for new product features and workflows in an agile environment.

Education

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - COLUMBIA

BA in Journalism, emphasis on multi-platform design

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Relevant coursework in UI/UX design

Extracurricular

Design Systems Guest Lecturer

I develop and speak at an undergraduate and graduate-level Visual Design class once a semester at the School of Information at the University of Texas - Austin. The class focuses on design systems and aims to introduce future designers to system thinking.

Ask me about…

developing design systems, workshop facilitation, usability testing, responsive design, rapid prototyping, visual design

Languages

Spanish, English