Background When I first joined the MilkRun team in mid-2019, it was an early-stage startup operating in Portland on seed-stage funding. …

If you would’ve told me a year ago that in February 2019 I’d be a confident full-stack software developer, I wouldn’t have believed you. At this time last year, I was working at Coding With Kids, an education organization that brings after-school coding classes to elementary schools across the country…

I have been spending the last couple of months relentlessly applying to jobs, networking, interviewing, taking online courses and watching design tool tutorials, working on projects, and continually growing from the process. One thing that I’ve learned from job interviews and casual meetings with mid to late-career Design/Engineering professionals is…

When I joined Operation HOPE as Web Content Fellow in summer 2015, I was eager to learn more about the work of the nonprofit and how it utilized its digital presence for thousands of clients worldwide. Under the supervision of the Senior Designer, I took on as many projects as…

Background When I first joined the Critical Making Studio at Occidental College in 2014, it was a new maker space on campus that very few students and faculty knew about. With a mission to foster an “open learning environment where students and faculty learn how to critically engage with a range…

As a curious person exploring all things tech and design, I have been doing as much as I can to continue learning and gaining valuable skills required for today’s ever-evolving roles in the fields I’m interested in pursuing. Recently, I took an Interaction Design course on Designlab. …

The job search is a full-time job in itself. When I was younger, I thought that was just something adults threw around to scare the next generation of workers. However, a few months into my job search, I am realizing more and more the truth of this statement. In a…

UX (user experience) is all the rage in the tech/design industries, and for good reason. The demand for UX designers is high at startups and large corporations alike, as they realize that a key to being competitive is focusing focusing on usability and human behavior for their products. …