At my core, I’m an experience designer.

Beyond my work in digital products, I’m constantly thinking about how people move through physical and social spaces. In the clubs I lead, the organizations I volunteer with, and the large-scale events I organize, I’m always asking the same questions I ask in UX: When someone enters for the first time, is the experience welcoming and intuitive? Can they find what they need without confusion? Do they feel comfortable, included, and excited to come back? What small details will turn a one-time visitor into a loyal participant?

Designing these experiences requires the same skills as product design: understanding user needs, coordinating with stakeholders, prototyping quickly under constraints, and delivering something people genuinely enjoy using.

Whether I’m collaborating with engineers on a product, or coordinating with sound technicians and facilities teams for a large event, I approach every project with the same goal: create an experience people remember, recommend, and return to. I’m proud to have developed these skills through real-world leadership and design work even before stepping into my first full-time role. I’m excited to bring this experience-first mindset into full-time product design, where I can build tools that are as thoughtful, seamless, and human-centered as the communities I’ve helped shape.

Experience

Kitaba by Tala Abunuwar


Site Interface & Experience Designer

January 2026 - Present


Innovation & Design Lab Teacher’s Assistant

January 2026 - Present

Columbia Department of Computer Science

Teacher’s College S-Bye Lab


UX Design Intern

May 2024 - August 2025


UX Designer

March 2025 - October 2025

AstraZeneca