OBJECTIVE

Enthusiastic Master’s student in Human-Computer Interaction at the University of Michigan seeking a UX Design internship to leverage my skills in user research, digital design, and prototyping. Eager to contribute to a dynamic team and gain hands-on experience in creating user-centered products and design solutions.

EDUCATION

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI (August 2024 - Expected April 2026)

Master of Science in Information Science, HCI UX Design/Research

Honors/Awards: UMSI Merit Scholarship Recipient

Relevant Courses: Introduction to Interaction Design (Figma, Axure), Fundamentals of Human Behavior, Problem Solving with People/Information/Technology (user research), Programming I (python), Web Design/Development (HTML, CSS)

Tufts University Medford, MA (September 2018 - May 2022)

Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Science Minor in Computer Science

Relevant Courses: Cognitive Science, Human Computer Interaction, Methods for Human Factor Engineering, Computer Interface Design, Intro to CS, CS Algorithms (python), CS Data Structures (c++), Web Programming (js/html), Discrete Mathematics, Logic, Calculus 1, Linguistics, Stats for Behavioral Science (R, MySQL), Experimental Psych, Computational Theory 

GPA: cumulative GPA 3.5/4.0 (Attained Dean List status 2020/2021)

EXPERIENCE 

WillowTree Charlottesville, VA (September 2022 - August 2024)

Platform Software Automation Engineer

Contributed to digital product design and prototyping for front-end products and mobile applications using Figma and Zeplin

Wrote front-end/back-end automation tests for mobile application, improving test coverage by 70%

Managed architecture of third-party and microservices, including Salesforce and AWS, resulting in unique test coverage

Led Test Release where I maintained integrity of test pipelines and CI/CD processes, reducing deployment errors by 80%

Canvas GFX Boston, MA (April 2021- March 2022)

Software & User Test Engineer Intern

Executed Software and Usability testing for Canvas GFX's Envision software on the Web and Desktop platforms

Cloud based software deployments on AWS, S3 and configuration of cloud services

Reported and verified numerous tickets in JIRA platform on daily basis

Composed detailed test plans using Excel to track progress for every feature

Completed full regression for Envision Web Platform C1 Release

Provided feedback on the application's interface to optimize UX (layers, licensing, and user groups)

Human Care Systems Boston, MA (April 2020 - August 2020)

Software Quality Assurance Intern

Tested and provided critical feedback on new features for Resilix platform and completed regression testing for releases 

Generated new issues, stories, test cases, and cycles on Jira platform for developers to review

Executed regression testing on their Resilix platform for releases every week

Accessed database and API to review and edit to test Resilix platform thoroughly

VOLUNTEER AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Computers4Kids Charlottesville, VA (January 2024 - August 2024)

Volunteer & Mentor

Mentored 3 kids from underprivileged communities weekly, teaching fundamental technology skills including code and video editing software

Trees of Color Employee Resource Lead Charlottesville, VA (August 2023 - August 2024)

Co-Lead and DRI (directly responsible individual)

Co-Lead for employee resource group to generate a community for people of color in all of WillowTree organization. Responsible for leading 100+ people.

Girls Who Code Summit, NJ (September 2017 - May 2018)

Chapter Founder and President

Founded the Girls Who Code chapter at Kent Place School and mentored a group of 40 middle and high school girls 

SKILLS 

Design: User Flows, Wireframing, Information Architecture, Prototyping 

Research: Heuristic Evaluation, Usability Testing, User Interviews, Competitive Analysis

Software: Figma, HTML/CSS, Python, C++, Typescript, Javascript, Excel, VS Code

Product Delivery: JIRA, Wrike, Trello, Miro, Azure, AWS