I didn't start in design. Design became the language I use to solve problems I genuinely care about.

Studying marketing and business administration at UC Riverside taught me one side of a product, the strategy behind it. But what pulled me in was the other side, the person using it.

That's when I fell in love with design, not as decoration, but as a way to solve problems that really mattered. Since then, I've designed and built everything from social apps to AI dashboards to brand identity work.

That instinct is what brought me to USC's Iovine & Young Academy, where I'm pursuing a master's at the intersection of design, technology, business, engineering, and AI. I have built AI into my own process, using tools like Figma Make, Figma Agents, and Claude Code to design, prototype, and build faster while staying closer to thinking. The next wave of great products won't be won on features. They'll be won on how well they turn complexity into confidence for the person using them.