Well, it started with rodents. With over 4 years background in neuroscience research, I began my career studying small voles of North America and their peculiar monogamous bonding behavior. During these years, I learned the tenets of product design: developing hypotheses then testing those assumptions.

After deciding academia wasn’t for me, I moved into tech in 2014. I started out in a marketing role at a startup, and became hooked.

I left the company to try my own hand at doing a startup. Unfortunately, the team got stuck… we needed a product designer and I couldn’t afford one. So I decided to learn UX myself. I signed up for UX classes at UCLA Ext. and put myself on craigslist to take on projects to “learn by doing.” I worked hard for my first clients. I fell in love with product and have not stopped designing since those craigslist days.