I started in architecture, where you map how people move, where systems break, what happens under pressure. Then you design for those realities.

That training stuck with me when I moved into product design. I wasn't just interested in making interfaces look good. I cared about the workflows people struggle through when no one's watching.

I built my way into product design through an HCI master's and roles where the stakes were real. I made plenty of mistakes along the way and learned more from those than anything else.

My architecture background still shapes how I work. I believe good product design sits at the intersection of structure, evidence, and empathy.

Today, I work as a Senior UX Designer at Tusk Software, building products in 10-week cycles. Most of my work is about taking dense, data-heavy systems and making them feel obvious. Designing for the moment when someone needs to trust what they're seeing and know what happens next.