After attending Eastside High School in Gainesville, FL, I received my Bachelor of Science in Engineering with a focus on Product Design at Stanford University.
Post-grad, I have worked across the EdTech, Climate Tech, and AI verticals.
In 2022, I established an oil painting studio practice, which I continue to manage today.
Managed client expectations and communicated effectively to provide high-fidelity brand identity, design mockups, and business action plans for clients in EdTech, Climate Tech, FinTech, and Legal Relations.
Maintained meticulous financial records regarding business travel, reimbursable expenses, billable work, and ad hoc contract changes.
Paint custom commissions for clients both domestically and internationally. Focus is on contemporary portraiture in oil.
Hand-stretch and prepare canvases and untraditional painting surfaces using custom techniques
Manage and run the Djrua.art studio space, online presence, and financial operations
Managed the user research process and UX design of three online Artificial Intelligence education products, reaching thousands of K-12 students in 70+ countries.
Conducted hundreds of sales calls with prospective students and families, increasing summer course enrollment by 130%.
Designed and built multiple AI SEO-optimized landing pages and ran paid A/B test advertisements to increase sales lead acquisition.
Worked directly with the CEO to design and deliver a custom website and web app experience for students and families using Figma & Adobe Suite.
Designed, created, and disseminated social media, web, and course curriculum content to increase brand awareness and promote student educational outcomes.
Conducted and effectively communicated insights from user research for the customer dashboard, a GUI used by more than 15,000 Admiral publishers internationally.
Produced inclusive, on-brand illustrations for the Admiral customer-facing website using Procreate, Illustrator, and Photoshop.
Coordinated and led a multi-disciplinary team in developing a browser-based tool for reducing screen time, utilizing Lean Startup principles to guide research, prototyping, and testing.
Contributed to the artistic direction and user experience of the Screentime Genie project, working alongside renowned researcher BJ Fogg, PhD.
I'd be happy to chat more about how to bring design thinking and a strong user research ethic to your project.