Portfolio
Project summaries
2026
My website
The challenge
Designing and engineering a premium, high-converting professional platform from scratch to showcase complex systems design and accessibility expertise to global talent acquisition teams.
My role
Solo Product Manager, UX/UI Architect, and Front-End Developer.
The outcome
Successfully designed, user-tested, and coded an optimized, lightning-fast digital portfolio featuring 100% WCAG accessibility compliance and integrated AI-assisted development workflows.
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2025
Trusted Messenger Program
The challenge
Building a unified digital portal to train community health advocates for global non-profit partners.
My role
Product Design Lead (Design Systems, WCAG AAA Accessibility, Front-End Architecture).
The outcome
Scaled from concept to launch with 100% compliance and an upcoming newsletter ecosystem.
2025
Health Wadaag
Creating an accessible, culturally tailored digital health platform to counter medical misinformation and deliver critical vaccine and preventative health guidance directly to Minnesota's Somali community. The product required a flawless, intuitive bilingual layout (English/Somali) that could present complex health data clearly across all device sizes.
Lead Product Designer (User Research, Bilingual Information Architecture, Responsive UI/UX Design, and Accessibility Compliance).
The challenge
The outcome
Successfully designed and launched a fully responsive, bilingual community health platform funded by the Minnesota Department of Health. The final product seamlessly balances dual-language typography and dense educational resources, empowering families to make highly informed, confident health decisions.
My role
2024
Health Listening
The challenge
Designing an interactive, real-time dashboard and educational ecosystem to help Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) track, analyze, and counter rapidly shifting health misinformation targeting Black communities across the United States. The core design challenge was turning dense social listening data into intuitive, actionable reporting tools.
My role
Lead Product Designer (Collaborative Workflow Strategy, Information Architecture, Interactive Dashboard UX, and Component Design).
The outcome
Co-led a remote design team to deliver a high-fidelity, responsive analytics and educational platform funded by the CDC Foundation. The resulting design successfully empowered nationwide CBOs to identify viral health narratives early and deploy targeted, culturally resonant counter-communications.
2023
Infodemiology
The challenge
Designing a centralized digital infrastructure to unify the five core pillars of the Infodemiology Initiative—data monitoring, operational insights, technical assistance, workforce training, and systemic health transformation. The primary challenge was structuring an incredibly dense, multi-tiered information architecture into a clear, trustworthy platform that public health institutions and global partners could navigate during real-time crises.
My role
Lead Product Designer (Information Architecture, Strategic UX Mapping, Design System Governance, and Responsive UI Frameworks).
The outcome
Lead Product Designer (Information Architecture, Strategic UX Mapping, Design System Governance, and Responsive UI Frameworks).
2023
Just Facts NJ
The challenge
Designing an engaging, non-stigmatizing educational platform sponsored by the New Jersey Peer Network to inform teenagers about drug and alcohol awareness. The primary UX hurdle was creating a visually compelling, mobile-first experience that resonated with a young demographic while maintaining absolute institutional trust, strict privacy, and clear information delivery.
My role
Lead Product Designer (User Research, Demographic-Targeted UI/UX, Mobile-First Architecture, and Visual Strategy).
The outcome
Successfully designed and launched a highly responsive, modern digital resource tailored specifically for youth engagement. By moving away from clinical, clinical layouts and prioritizing interactive, bite-sized content systems, the platform successfully bridges the gap between critical state-level health resources and adolescent users.
2023
Know Your Plan C
The challenge
Designing a secure, highly intuitive navigation system for a national public health platform delivering critical medical logistics and legal information under high-stress conditions. The primary UX hurdle required balancing dense state-by-state legal and medical compliance data with a trauma-informed, privacy-first interface designed to minimize cognitive load and provide immediate, friction-free answers to users in vulnerable scenarios.
My role
Lead Product Designer (Trauma-Informed UX Strategy, Information Architecture, State-by-State Search Routing, and Accessibility Governance).
The outcome
Successfully engineered a highly secure, mobile-first digital infrastructure that scales complex medical routing to users nationwide. By establishing clear visual hierarchies, explicit privacy pathways, and optimized search parameters, the platform serves as a trusted, accessible lifeline that connects users directly to safe, verified healthcare resources.
2022
Shared Influence
The challenge
Designing a scalable digital onboarding and engagement platform for a nationwide network of community advocate micro-influencers. The primary challenge was crafting a highly trustworthy, friction-free registration experience that encouraged everyday citizens to join a harm-reduction movement, while securely collecting sensitive social media data under strict privacy standards.
My role
Lead Product Designer (Growth UX Strategy, Onboarding Optimization, Form Architecture, and Visual Trust Frameworks).
The outcome
Engineered a highly responsive, mobile-first intake and educational hub that acts as the primary recruitment vehicle for the Shared Influence network. By minimizing form friction, establishing explicit privacy guardrails, and designing clear paths to action, the platform successfully scaled a grassroots volunteer network to combat the opioid and overdose crises online.
2022
Life Experienced
The challenge
Designing a digital community and recommendation engine in partnership with Kaiser Permanente to combat social isolation among older adults. The primary challenge was crafting an interface tailored to an older demographic who may face age-related visual, cognitive, or motor barriers, requiring an ultra-accessible, intuitive layout for personalized activities and a dense newsletter library.
My role
Junior Product Designer (User Research Lead) promoted to Lead Product Designer for Core Product Features (Activities Ecosystem & Newsletter Library Architecture).
The outcome
Successfully conducted foundational user research that directly informed the product's UX strategy. Stepping into the Lead Designer role, I architected the end-to-end personalization flows for the activities engine and built a highly accessible, searchable newsletter hub that smoothly connected seniors to vital community resources.
2022
Appalachian Influence
The challenge
Designing a digital recruitment and education platform funded by the CDC Foundation to deploy critical harm-reduction resources (like naloxone distribution and fentanyl test strips) across Appalachian communities heavily impacted by the opioid epidemic. The primary UX hurdle was building a localized, mobile-first experience that dismantled deep social stigma and established instant digital trust with users in crisis.
My role
Product Designer (Cross-Functional Collaboration, Mobile-First UI/UX Design, Visual Trust Strategy, and Asset Localization).
My role
Co-delivered a high-impact, responsive digital gateway that served as the primary funnel for a nationwide public health campaign. By prioritizing hyper-clear, low-friction navigation and empathetic visual hierarchies, the team successfully launched a secure interface that empowered individuals to easily access life-saving harm reduction tools and testing locators.
2021
El Beacon
The challenge
Designing a nationwide, bilingual digital resource hub and recruitment ecosystem funded by the CDC Foundation to empower and unite Hispanic community leaders. The core product challenge was architecting a seamless, dual-language (English/Spanish) information system that maintained visual harmony, reduced registration friction, and provided clear, high-contrast pathways for downloading and sharing critical public health toolkits.
My role
Co-led a multidisciplinary product team to deliver a highly responsive, mobile-optimized networking portal. By establishing strict typography rules for translated text lengths and creating a zero-friction volunteer intake pipeline, the platform successfully laid the digital infrastructure to scale grassroots health messaging across Hispanic communities nationwide.
My role
Lead Product Designer (Bilingual Information Architecture, Cross-Language UI/UX Systems, Growth & Onboarding UX, and Visual Strategy).
The challenge
2021
NYC Health Comms
The challenge
My role
Product Designer (Cross-Functional Collaboration, Responsive UI/UX Layouts, Information Architecture, and Cross-Device QA).
Designing a centralized, responsive digital communication platform to deliver real-time public health advisories, resource mapping, and critical campaign updates across New York City’s diverse populations. The core design hurdle was managing rapidly updating data feeds and dense localized resources while maintaining an ultra-clean, mobile-first interface that could be navigated easily by users of varying digital literacy levels.
The outcome
Successfully collaborated with a multi-disciplinary product team to launch a high-performance web ecosystem. By prioritizing crisp typography, highly scannable visual hierarchies, and structured, intuitive navigation paths, the platform effectively streamlined how millions of urban residents accessed time-sensitive public health guidance and local services.
2021
Shots Heard
The challenge
Designing an emergency-response digital platform and mobilization system to protect healthcare providers and medical practices from targeted, coordinated online harassment. The core user interface challenge was creating an ultra-fast, high-security reporting mechanism and a clear, stress-reducing dashboard that allows vulnerable users to trigger a "digital cavalry" for immediate support during active crises.
User Interface Designer (Rapid-Response Workflow Design, Safe UI/UX Patterns, Onboarding Funnels, and Visual System Development).
The outcome
My role
Successfully designed and launched a streamlined, secure digital response hub that empowers medical professionals to safeguard their digital presence. By prioritizing iron-clad data capture interfaces, clear status indicators, and highly accessible crisis toolkits, the platform successfully created an intuitive shield against digital intimidation.
