Experience

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  Houm

  • Mexico City, Mexico

  • Product Design Intern

    • Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
    • Mexico City, Mexico

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  Product Design

  • Remote

  • Lead Product Designer

    • Jan 2023 - May 2023
    • Remote

    • Optimized a daily prayer app's top feature by automating a manual process, streamlining the user flow, and eliminating 2 confusing features. Saved users 27 seconds on average• Led meetings with the app’s developer and founder to incorporate changes based on user testing and research• Implemented a design system / UI kit to ensure a cohesive user experience and visual design for the mobile app

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  General Assembly

  • Remote

  • User Experience Design Fellow

    • Sep 2022 - Dec 2022
    • Remote

    • Full-time 12-week immersive program with over 400 hours of training focusing on user experience and user interface (UX/UI) design• Directed research for Ilana, a platform empowering black fashion designers. Led and synthesized user interviews creating a script, affinity map, and persona to influence the decision-making process based on user insights• Spearheaded the interaction design and prototype development for a speculative mobile site project for Southwest Airlines, resulting in a significant improvement of 16.72 seconds in average time spent per screen• Designed wireframes, prototypes, and conducted user tests to inform and iterate the design for three distinct projects• Completed a 5 day Hackathon designing a one-stop-shop app for animal shelter volunteer opportunities

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  Arquitectonica

  • Miami, Florida, United States

  • Designer

    • Aug 2021 - Feb 2022
    • Miami, Florida, United States

    • Collaborated on the design and development of a luxury residential tower complex and convention center for an iconic hotel in Miami, using multiple design tools to create 3D models and renders for marketing and presentations• Developed plan layouts based on efficiency tables, program square footage requirements, and facade designs• Participated in meetings with a client to discuss the redevelopment of a hotel, aligning business goals with the design outcome

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  Perkins&Will

  • United States
  • Architecture and Planning
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Designer III

    • Mar 2021 - Aug 2021

    • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to translate design visions into cohesive final products, maintaining clear communication across multiple areas• Led the LEED documentation effort for a large project in Miami while collaborating on an office renovation in Hudson Yards, demonstrating effective project management skills• Participated in a 3-week design sprint conceptualizing a new K-12 school in Miami for a competition; collaborated with the team to create diagrams, concept images, and an augmented reality experience of the project for the client

  • Designer II

    • Jan 2016 - Aug 2021

    • Supervised consultants’ work by organizing meetings, reviewing their work, and providing constant feedback to ensure the quality, design intent, and project deadlines were met • Effectively represented the company at construction administration meetings for a 500,000+ SF hospital project, showcasing excellent communication skills while defending the approved design and demonstrating a passion for design quality

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  Freelance

  • Miami, Florida, United States

  • Freelance Architecture Designer

    • Apr 2018 - Sep 2018
    • Miami, Florida, United States

    • Designed and delivered a log cabin house in Tennessee through effective collaboration with a senior Architect, demonstrating strong skills in handling ambiguity and turning ideas into tangible designs• Created the 3D model of an existing house to be renovated based on images and measurements taken on site

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  Leers Weinzapfel Associates

  • Boston, Massachusetts

  • Designer

    • Jul 2014 - Nov 2015
    • Boston, Massachusetts

    • Completed design development and construction documents for the Design Building at Umass Amherst (AIA COTE Top Ten Award, 2020); produced renders of the building using 3D software and Photoshop• Collaborated with the Project Architect and engineers in Canada to develop the building’s innovative timber structure from detail studies to both physical and 3D models• Participated in a 2-week design sprint, delivering efficient results in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment, using paper sketches and Photoshop to conceptualize a landscape intervention for a Peace Corps competition in DC

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  University of Virginia

  • Teaching Assistant | Professor Peter Waldman

    • Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

    • Guided and assessed a group of eight first-year students for the ARCH 1010 class• Collaborated with a renowned professor to lead weekly discussion sections, cover the material seen in class and evaluate each student's progress

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  Leers Weinzapfel Associates

  • Boston, MA

  • Extern

    • Jan 2014 - 2014
    • Boston, MA

    • One week externship collaborating with a team on transcribing plan sketches using AutoCAD and physical model making for a new campus building and a competition in France

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  Arquitectonica

  • Extern

    • Jan 2013 - 2013

    • One week externship primarily working on plan details, meeting with contractors and assisting with researching basic code regulations for the final design phase of a luxury apartment complex in Miami