Resume/CV
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Experience
First Principles Lab | Behavioral Design Fellow
Remote | Aug 2025 - Jan 2026
A fellowship on applying behavioral design to real-world problems. Our team focused on reducing railway fatalities in Trivandrum Division, Southern Railways, India. Worked in an interdisciplinary team using behavioral design, systems thinking, and user research to uncover the drivers of railway fatalities and the behavioral barriers behind them.
Key Skills: Behavioural Design, Systems Thinking, Design Thinking, Mixed-Methods Research
Key Skills: Behavioural Design, Systems Thinking, Design Thinking, Mixed-Methods Research
Achieving Reunification Center (ARC)/Urban Affairs Coalition (UAC) | Data Manager
Philadelphia, PA | May 2021 – Present
I lead efforts to redesign how the organization supports caregivers navigating reunification with their children in the child welfare system. This includes identifying systemic barriers through design research, creating cohesive service touchpoints, and building ARC's first performance evaluation infrastructure. I also work to embed service design practices across the organization through collaborative methods and staff capacity-building.
Key Skills: Systems Thinking, Service Design, User Research, Stakeholder Management, Data Analysis
Key Skills: Systems Thinking, Service Design, User Research, Stakeholder Management, Data Analysis
Sahiyo | Project Designer and Volunteer
Remote | June 2020 – Present
I created illustration and animation-based storytelling tools for Sahiyo to open community dialogue on FGM/C (Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation) by translating a stigmatized, sensitive topic into accessible visual narratives that support education and advocacy. I continue to work with Sahiyo as a volunteer.
Key Skills: Illustration, Graphic Design, Animation, Social Media Strategy
Key Skills: Illustration, Graphic Design, Animation, Social Media Strategy
Education
University of the Arts | Master of Design (MDes) in Product Design (Presidential Scholarship Recipient)
Philadelphia, PA June 2018 – May 2020
Thesis: Design Healing Interventions—Addressing Trauma Through Occupied Space, Traditions, and Objects.
I analyzed survivor testimonies to understand trauma and the aftermath of sexual assault, then mapped the medical, legal, and advocacy systems survivors must navigate. Through interviews and surveys with medical professionals, advocates from RAINN and NCTSN, policy experts, and therapists, I gathered insights on systemic gaps. The work culminated in co-design sessions with survivors, using creative arts and storytelling to envision pathways toward self-initiated healing.
Core Learnings: Design Research, Systems Thinking, Human-Centered Design Thinking, HCI, Design for Social Impact, Trauma-informed Design, UX Design Principles, Prototyping (Physical & Digital), Fabrication (Mixed Materials)
I analyzed survivor testimonies to understand trauma and the aftermath of sexual assault, then mapped the medical, legal, and advocacy systems survivors must navigate. Through interviews and surveys with medical professionals, advocates from RAINN and NCTSN, policy experts, and therapists, I gathered insights on systemic gaps. The work culminated in co-design sessions with survivors, using creative arts and storytelling to envision pathways toward self-initiated healing.
Core Learnings: Design Research, Systems Thinking, Human-Centered Design Thinking, HCI, Design for Social Impact, Trauma-informed Design, UX Design Principles, Prototyping (Physical & Digital), Fabrication (Mixed Materials)
North Carolina State University | Bachelors of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Raleigh, NC | Aug 2014 – May 2018
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) | Mentee, Women in Design
2020
Certifications
Agile Service Design - School of Good Services
Behavioral Design - Irrational Labs
De-escalation Training - Planned Parenthood
Managing Gender-Based Violence in Emergencies - UNPF
Mobility Mentoring - EmPAth
Introduction to probability and Data with R - Duke University
Querying Relational Databases - Cornell University
