Experience

Augment AI

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• User Experience Research Intern

  • Jul 2022 - Present



To & Fro

• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• User Experience Research Intern (Part-Time)

  • May 2022 - Sep 2022



Evaluating Disaster Adaptation through Coding Short Form Internet Videos

• Researcher

  • Mar 2022 - Aug 2022

  - Qualitatively coding short-form Internet videos, such as TikToks and Instagram stories, shared in tweets that were posted during the 2021 Texas Power Crisis - Collaborating with other qualitative researchers to write code-memos and discover related themes - Qualitatively coding short-form Internet videos, such as TikToks and Instagram stories, shared in tweets that were posted during the 2021 Texas Power Crisis - Collaborating with other qualitative researchers to write code-memos and discover related themes



Researching the Co-Design of Inclusive Practices for Engineering Education Settings

• Researcher

  • Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

  - Developing a protocol to understand power dynamics existing in STEM classroom environments - Running the co-design sessions while using the protocol to collect data - Developing a protocol to understand power dynamics existing in STEM classroom environments - Running the co-design sessions while using the protocol to collect data



University of Washington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• UX Researcher, Project Comfort Kangaroo (Redesign for accessible baby carriers) (Team)

  • Mar 2022 - Jun 2022

  - Recruited and interviewed new mothers to understand their unique physical and emotional pain points - Planned and lead iterative co-design sessions to refine design decisions of the physical prototype- Documented and reported research methods and key actionable research findings in a concise manner

• UX Researcher, Project Evaluating Usability of the Job-searching Experience on Handshake (team)

  • Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  - Conducted heuristic evaluation on Handshake website to identify usability issues and assign severity ratings- Created detailed usability testing plan by specifying study goals, methods, tasks, and metrics to be collected- Recruited participants and moderated pilot usability tests prior to launching the study- Moderated sessions for 3 participants and took detailed notes on quantitative and qualitative data for 2 participants- Analyzed and organized usability issues by severity ratings and produced actionable design recommendations Show less

• UX Researcher and Designer, Project Breather (team)

  • Oct 2021 - Dec 2021

  - Designed and conducted surveys, interviews, diary studies, competitive analysis, and usability tests to create a solution to address problematic work-life boundaries- Analyzed insights with persona creation and affinity diagrams to guide design decisions and facilitate iterations- Created pages of low-fi and mid-fi prototypes on Figma and championed the iterative design process to produce a final prototype, a 50-page design spec, and an online portfolio

• Qualitative Researcher, Project Scheduling Strategies of Food Delivery Gig Workers (team)

  • Oct 2021 - Dec 2021

  - Collaboratively organized 11 gig workers’ interview transcripts into common topics and developed a codebook- Coded transcripts and proposed a hypothesis employing ground theory by analyzing and documenting recurring themes and supporting quotes- Produced a 5-minute presentation and a 12-page qualitative research report on findings



San Diego Va Health Care Syst

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Psychology Researcher

  • Sep 2020 - Jun 2021

  - Synthesized methods and results of 30+ research papers to investigate the effects of sleep disturbance on executive functioning in U.S. veterans produced by previous research literature - Analyzed multivariable data from 1000+ participants with SPSS - Presented initial research proposal and final research methods and findings to 40+ audiences with varying degrees of field-specific knowledge - Synthesized methods and results of 30+ research papers to investigate the effects of sleep disturbance on executive functioning in U.S. veterans produced by previous research literature - Analyzed multivariable data from 1000+ participants with SPSS - Presented initial research proposal and final research methods and findings to 40+ audiences with varying degrees of field-specific knowledge



UC San Diego

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Psychology Research Method Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2020 - Dec 2020

  - Coached two 4-person research groups with technical judgments on designing, conducting, and analyzing original experimental studies on topics of moral reasoning and facial feedback, using Qualtrics and Jamovi - Provided project management support by monitoring group progress, defining timelines and deliverable expectations, and solving interpersonal conflicts within teams - Coached two 4-person research groups with technical judgments on designing, conducting, and analyzing original experimental studies on topics of moral reasoning and facial feedback, using Qualtrics and Jamovi - Provided project management support by monitoring group progress, defining timelines and deliverable expectations, and solving interpersonal conflicts within teams



UC San Diego

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher, Project Effects of News Valence and Physical Activity Level on Affective States (team)

  • Mar 2020 - Jun 2020

  - Led and collaborated with 3 teammates to design, execute, analyze, and present a factorial experimental research study consisting of 70 participants using JMP and Qualtrics, resulting in a 20-page research paper, a poster, and multiple presentations to 10 + students and faculty members.

• Research Assistant, Miller Lab

  • Sep 2019 - Jun 2020

  - Collected experimental data to investigate how primates use auditory stimuli to navigate social landscapes - Behaviorally conditioned marmosets and tagged their calls on MATLAB for frequency distinction - Qualitatively examined 70+ videos to classify and study marmoset hunting behaviors in their natural habitats in preparation for future projects



Brigham and Women's Hospital

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Trainee

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  - Participated in pre-operative functional MRI data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation for mapping motor, language, and memory functions in brain tumor patients with SPM and 3D slicer. - Reconstructed and improved figures for a paper on bilingual language mapping to effectively convey key results - Participated in pre-operative functional MRI data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation for mapping motor, language, and memory functions in brain tumor patients with SPM and 3D slicer. - Reconstructed and improved figures for a paper on bilingual language mapping to effectively convey key results