Case Studies

Every project follows the same underlying pattern, with adjustments made according to priorities and constraints: understand people and their needs, define the problem, explore solutions, test them with real users, and continue iterating. My clinical research background gives me an undertsanding of the importance of human-centered design.

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Culikid: Redesigning a nonprofit site for the community it serves

Culikid's site had fallen behind the warmth of its programs. Full website redesign and IA restructure across 23 pages for a New York nonprofit serving neurodivergent individuals, led as Design Manager across research, design, and a full Webflow build.

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Recreation.gov: Modernizing a federal government icon

77 million people use Recreation.gov to book public land reservations, but competing search paths and unfamiliar IA created friction at every step. Redesigned the discovery experience by consolidating three entry points into one and restructuring filters around user mental models.

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Adventure Loop: Making the outdoors more accessible

Buying used outdoor gear requires trust that most resale platforms don't earn. End-to-end UX and visual design for a secondhand gear marketplace, restructuring navigation around activity-based mental models and building a trust system that achieved a SUS score of 96.67.