From 0 to 1

My journey with design all started with art when I was four years old, sketching princesses with big hoops for skirts and dogs with pointy, triangular snouts. Since then, art has always been an integral part of my life. As a kid, I wrote and illustrated my own graphic novels of dramatic fairy tales, insisted on taking high school art classes, and even sold original art at a local art fair to raise money for a Parkinson’s foundation. Growing up, I also went to engineering and computer science camps every summer at various colleges, where I learned the fundamentals of coding and website building. With all of these experiences under my belt, I began to develop separate interests in art and technology. When I graduated from high school, my first thought was not that I wanted to be a designer, but that no matter what, I wanted to pursue something that I was passionate about and that could help people. At the time, I thought that was art, but it wasn’t until I learned about the field of UX design that it clicked: this is the intersection between visual storytelling, technology, and impact I was looking for.

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