Career Timeline

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Redesigned documentation of a software toolkit, called the Open Speech Platform (OSP), to help researchers and audiologists harness the toolkit for hearing and healthcare-related investigations.

Communicated with a web designer to ensure alignment and resolution of server-side issues with the OSP Wordpress website.

Redesigned and managed the OSP website with minimal direction.

Gathered and published staff members' bios on the OSP website.

Created an initial Discord forum to bridge OSP-related communication between staff members, researchers, and other people using OSP.

Prototyped initial mockups of the OSP website and different functionality aspects of the toolkit.

Drafted research proposal documents to UC San Diego Institutional Review Board for data collection.

Assisted student member and founder in editing posters for two upcoming conferences.

Facilitated meeting scheduling and requests from research collaborators, on founder's behalf.

Supported internal testing efforts on software features to reveal important bugs and issues to software developers.

Created a public WordPress website to showcase a subgroup's projects, publications, and research processes.

Created 5 versions of Figma mockups that informed 5 of 9 versions of published website pages based on two subgroup founders' feedback, initial information architecture, existing online inspiration, and interface components.

Managed project activities with two students via Asana tasks and weekly meetings.

Learned admin interface of Wordpress and plugins to inform priorities on website development activities.

Interacted with the co-founders on website progress and feedback via slide decks and ad-hoc meetings.

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Documented research findings of ethnographic experiences in an afterschool program at Town and Country Learning Center (TCLC), which informed decisions for kid-friendly, supervisor-approved activities and interactions for 10-15 kids.

Edited a 6 and a 1/2 minute, rap-themed video to capture the kids' activities within TCLC, in which continued improvement from classmates' feedback garnered unanimous applause and praise from the kids and supervisor upon final presentation

Supervised video and audio equipment usage to empower 4 other teammates and at least 5 kids at TCLC to produce 300 video and audio clips for video editing.

Disseminated knowledge related to career strengths and competencies to 30 students in an academic human development course, in collaboration with 3 career coaches.

Presented 2 different topics during class related to LinkedIn best practices and an online self-help interviewing platform.

Facilitated group session activities with 9-10 students regarding their project on 3 specific career competencies and strengths.

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Developed an award-winning exercise mat from research and prototyping methods within a team of 9 in a Design-a-thon competition to enable people with Parkinson's to resolve their issues with gait and personal agency.

Gathered findings and insights about Parkinson's Disease from secondary research and in-person interviews that classified 3 core problem spaces from a group participatory design sprint.

Ideated upon focused problem spaces based on gathered research and inspiration of existing solutions that enabled rapid prototyping and pivoting of 3 different solutions to explore.

Documented hundreds of photos and at least 30 video clips of research sessions and team design process to further inform research insights, multiple pivoting decisions, and content strategy for 5 project deliverables.

Presented work publicly within 2 Design-a-thon workshops and a final presentation showcase, which translated to a $2,000 award for first-place ranking in the competition.

Designed the digital interface of a physical movie-theater kiosk called Cinemunch with a team of 4 in a prototyping course that would enable moviegoers to order movie tickets and food in one place.

Generated user testing findings and insights for kiosk and digital interface features, based on research artifacts, sketches of solution features and user flow, and rapid prototyping.

Converted user testing feedback, design specifications, and visual style guides into the interaction design of 2 different wireframe prototypes of the kiosk digital interface and features, which would be implemented as a digital screen on a laptop installed within the physical kiosk.

Spearheaded visual design efforts to generate and finalize physical kiosk aesthetics, digital interface functionality, final presentation slide deck, and a marketing poster that received positive reviews from teaching assistants, and the professor.

Sources of Work

1. Final Presentation Slide Deck
2. Initial Interface Design - Figma Prototype
3. Final Interface Design - Figma Prototype
4. Final Project Report

Conducted fieldwork within the local campus area to observe and investigate the normal behavior of vehicles and pedestrians, with a total of 85 annotated observations, 341 images, and approximately 50 video clips gathered for analysis.

Annotated digitized research data to assist project facilitators with data gathering, consolidation, and synthesis of relevant issues to transportation, which contributed to team prototyping and discussion within ideation workshops.

Captured additional photos of team sketches for potential autonomous vehicles (AVs), the interior design of AVs, and personal items carried that informed final research findings and presentations related to robotaxis and micro-mobility topics.

Made early iterations of a Hyundai driving app as well as features for an entertainment dashboard hub system using Figma, which paved the way for more higher fidelity designs for user testing and project handoff.

Advised 10-20 students per week during drop-in advising hours to help answer career-related questions, review job/graduate school application materials, and share relevant resources offered at the Career Center, which empowered students to resolve their career questions.

Presented in weekly/bi-weekly outreach programs for various campus groups to disseminate relevant and informed career information regarding resume writing, dressing up for interviews, and several other career-related topics.

Compiled spreadsheets of requested quantities and preferences for 49 different types of giveaway items based on responses from 11 staff members, which enabled the executive director of the Career Center to gain an informed understanding on how to establish a budget around giveaway item requests.

Slide Decks for Outreach Programs

1. Resume and CV Workshop
2. Advanced Resume Workshop
3. Networking Strategies Workshop
4. Dress for Success and LinkedIn Workshop
5. Interview Prep and BigInterview Workshop

Designed a hi-fidelity Figma prototype of a mobile app with a team of 7 called Shoperone to help seniors with their grocery shopping by connecting them to assistive volunteers, which won 2nd place in a fictitious Shark Tank Challenge.

Guided team members on best practices for user research, initial design artifacts, and prototyping, which ensured that research and design efforts are understandable, operationalized, and backed by group consensus.

Conducted interviews and competitive analysis to inform problem spaces and existing services that were most relevant to seniors.

Contributed to team discussions of solution feature ideation and wireframing of low to medium fidelity wireframe prototypes of the app.

Documented user testing results and user research to be implemented into the iteration of our prototype and final presentation slide deck.

Managed the entire production of a commercial video, from scriptwriting and direction of production shoots to media equipment management and post-production, which was successfully incorporated and played during the team's final presentation.

Sources of Work

1. PDF Case Study
2. Final Presentation
3. Shoperone Marketing Video
4. Shoperone Final Prototype

Managed a team of 7 to collaborate with Mundo Gardens, a non-profit community garden in National City, to create wooden signage and a drip irrigation system to resolve volunteer and garden management issues.

Scheduled regular in-person meetings with the executive director and other volunteers that enabled research and design efforts to be consistently aligned and supported from stakeholders.

Prioritized signage and drip irrigation solution ideas based on interviews, identified problem spaces, stakeholder feedback, online inspiration, and a Pugh chart for objective design decision making.

Ideated different forms of signage by making Google Slides and live physical construction and prototyping of wooden boards to represent and test the potential design of signage.

Generated feedback from 6-7 participants during user testing sessions using user testing parameters and materials that tested 3 key aspects of the different signage prototypes produced.

Implemented documents that outlined sustainable production and maintenance for the signage and drip irrigation solutions for Mundo Gardens to use in the future.

Compiled a 78 page final report to document the team's end-to-end process within our collaboration with Mundo Gardens.

Sources of Work

1. Final Report - 78 pages
2. Final Presentation Slide Deck

Developed an app service for woodworkers and customers called Fingo that make services for custom wooden furniture more accessible and transparent, with a team of 5 and within a startup studio design course.

Generated competitive analyses and storyboards to define and ideate upon our problem space.

Executed Google Ad campaigns, online A/B user testing, and service enactments to evaluate and iterate on our app concept based on success metrics, data mining results, and live feedback from task analysis paper prototyping sessions.

Developed high-fidelity wireframes of the mobile app prototype that reflected desired needs and value proposition models from user research and design specifications.

Managed the entire video production process of a final marketing video to persuade investment of the development of the Fingo app via a Kickstarter page, which enabled the team to win 2nd place out of 6 different groups in a fictitious money investment game challenge.

Sources of Work

1. Interactive Prototype - Final Version
2. Final Video

Produced fundraising videos that justified what Yonder Dynamics needed to help support their endeavors for constructing competition-ready rovers, which contributed to the $7,300 funding on Kickstarter in 2018 and $1,950 funding on Indiegogo in 2019.

Edited videos of the Systems Acceptance Review (SAR) of the rover that demonstrated how the rover is ready for the competition, which enabled UC San Diego to be featured as one of the selected teams for the URC 2018.

Recorded hundreds of video clips to direct coverage of the student organization's construction of the rover and its physical capabilities related to URC's tasks.

Coordinated scheduled times, locations, and required shots with the business lead, project manager, and other student executive members to ensure coverage of the requirements outlined in the University Rover Challenge (URC) guidelines to showcase the rover.

Sources of Work

1. Yonder Dynamics 2017-18 Fundraising Video
2. 2018 Yonder Dynamics Systems Acceptance Review (Revised Version)
3. 2019 Yonder Dynamics Systems Acceptance Review
4. 2019 Yonder Dynamics Indiegogo Fundraising Video

Produced a total of 10 event promo and recap videos for marketing coordinators and directors related to various student-centric on-campus events, which have been publicized within ASCE’s Facebook event pages and YouTube channel.

Directed production shoots related to 6 produced videos with more ambitious marketing initiatives for advertising smaller student events.

Directed production shoots related to more ambitious marketing initiatives for advertising smaller student events.

Supported tabling, poster-hanging, and other marketing initiatives to garner engagement from hundreds of students, which ensured interest and student attendance at various ASCE-hosted events.

Videos Made

1. Sun God Festival 2019 Trailer
2. ASCE End-of-Academic Year Tribute
3. Sun God Festival 2018 Trailer
4. "Seas the Day" for Bear Garden Event
5. Bearwatch for "Seas the Day" Bear Garden Event

Senior Producer, September 2018 - June 2019

Produced videos related to event promos, event recaps, student projects, and student films for various on-campus groups, student representatives, and clients.

Mentored different TTV members on using/managing media equipment and applying best practices for post-production to ensure proper media equipment lending and more efficient video editing workflows.

Spearheaded video editing of projects with greater stakes and impact within the discretion of admin members and in tandem with Associated Students Concerts and Events (ASCE).

Producer, September 2017 - June 2018

Produced videos related to event promos, event recaps, student projects, and student films for various on-campus groups, student representatives, and clients.

Handled media equipment from volunteering opportunities in production shoots for student projects to ensure the successful execution of desired video footage for other directors to use.

Acted in some production shoots for student projects to fulfill desired roles from directors' scripts.

Communicated with TTV executive members on updates with media drafts for different clients.

Edited videos for directors within student teams during 48-hour film festivals, a reoccurring TTV event where student teams are to produce a specifically-themed video within a 48 hour weekend.

Intern, September 2016 - June 2017

Learned general concepts and basics of scriptwriting, camera equipment usage, cinematography, sound, and video editing to be applied to initial projects, which contributed to the creation of 3 different video projects to be screened.

Directed a film production of one of the first videos ever produced through scriptwriting, actor recruitment, media equipment management, execution of production shoots, and post-production video editing, which led to the video's successful screening as a final deliverable to be initiated into the second phase of the internship program.

Edited earlier video projects through the usage of Adobe Premiere Pro to be published on YouTube.

Videos as Sources of Work

1. TTV Reel - This video showcases student projects within Triton Television (TTV), a film and media production student organization at the University of California - San Diego. It would be used as a marketing video for recruitment and advertising for the organization for years to come.
2. Wellfest - This was a recap of Wellfest, an event at the University of California - San Diego campus geared towards awareness of zero waste, health, well-being, and sustainability. This video was made for Housing, Dining, and Hospitality, a well-known organization at UC San Diego that oversees student housing, local markets, and dining halls on campus.
3. Wellness Fair - This was a video recap of Wellness Fair. Although this event focused on the seven dimensions of wellness, the video emphasized the educational, social, and fitness aspects of health and well being. This video was made for Housing, Dining, and Hospitality, a well-known organization at UC San Diego that oversees student housing, local markets, and dining halls on campus.