Design Philosophy
20+ years in UX, still get genuinely excited about a good IA diagram
I embrace each new design and art tool AI hands me - Lovable, Figma Weave, and all the embedded AI features hiding in my favorite UX tools.
I live and breathe UX governance - making sure branding, content, and design all play by the same rules.
Before Figma, there was a sketchbook. I still draw daily - mostly abstract, mostly ink, mostly an excuse to think with my hands before I think with a mouse.
Simplicity is the whole philosophy - clean interfaces, clear sentences, and specs engineers don't have to ask me about twice.
More about me
Container gardener on a San Francisco deck - small space, big ambitions
Mom to a highschool jazz trombonist, part-time rhodie, full-time proud
Support local artists by catching shows and buying original work when I can
Dog: Sage. Vibe: also sage
Services I provide
Design Systems & Component Libraries
Building scalable, documented component libraries that give design and engineering one shared source of truth - from architecture through developer handoff.
Navigation & Information Architecture
Untangling fragmented, siloed IA into clear, user-intent-centric structures - especially for complex B2B sites spanning multiple business lines.
UX Strategy & Research
Heuristic evaluations, competitive analysis, and customer journey mapping to ground design decisions in real user behavior, not assumptions.
Design-to-Engineering Handoff
Specs and documentation clean enough that engineers rarely have to ask twice - reducing design-to-dev friction on complex, multi-breakpoint builds.
Design Leadership & Mentorship
Leading and mentoring junior and contract designers, setting design direction, and owning UX end-to-end across cross-functional teams.
AI-Integrated Design Workflows
Bringing AI tools (Figma Weave, Framer, Lovable, usertesting.com) into design and production workflows without losing craft or systems thinking.