RESUME

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior User Experience Designer, Quilted Health                                                       

Remote | Oct 2020 - Present

  • Currently the sole designer responsible for user experience and visual design of Maternity Neighborhood, an EHR software program for midwives and doulas

  • Designed comprehensive revenue cycle management, referrals, and doula matching experiences

  • Conducted numerous design sessions with users to develop design goals and standards

  • Helped to develop company framework for accessibility standards for web and print media

  • Redesigned and helped to author dozens of client facing materials with a keen focus on ease of understanding, accessibility, an inclusion

  • Authored the company standards on accessibility and inclusion

  • Brought national attention to the company through our award winning app design

  • Built and maintains the design system libraries

Project Founder, MaMA: The Maternal Monitoring App                                             

Round Rock, Texas | Apr 2018 – July 2020

  • Designed a healthcare app for providers to remotely monitor the physical and mental health of pregnant women in underserved areas of the US

  • Created the entire system including conversational and visual interfaces from start to finish

  • Used peer reviewed medical research to develop logic and flow

  • Developed a conversational interface called “Ramona” that served as a virtual medical assistant for women and their families during the postpartum period

  • Ensured the app met accessibility standards and HIPAA compliance

  • Presented and pitched the app to C-Suite executives, federal public health and public policy officials, and heads of medical professional boards

  • Conducted and managed user research and implemented a variety of methodologies in usability studies with 236 participants

  • Synthesized research data using statistical techniques such as exploring variance, statistical significance, and pretest/posttest comparison

  • Successfully sold the app and all of its assets to a growing and innovative maternal health company in July of 2020

Graphic Designer, Zohreh Daly Designs

Round Rock, Texas | Jan 2012 – Present

  • Create logos and branding solutions for a variety of businesses and products

  • Design business cards, brochures, banners and other printed products for personal and business customers

  • Edit and create documentation forms for healthcare settings

  • Craft patterns and instruction guides for sewing and quilting projects

Youth and Family Therapist, D. A. Blodgett-St. John’s                                                   

Grand Rapids, Michigan | Sept 2010 – Sept 2011

  • PRN therapy and case management services for adolescent children in a residential setting

Youth and Family Therapist, D. A. Blodgett-St. John’s                                                   

Grand Rapids, Michigan | Jun 2007 – Sept 2010

  • Treated some of Michigan’s most difficult cases within the state’s foster care system - this included severe abuse, neglect, and childhood trauma

  • Used a variety of therapeutic techniques including CBT, narrative therapy, structural therapy, play therapy, and art therapy

  • Communicated with other mental health providers, teachers, youth workers and case managers to ensure that everyone was on the same page

  • Focused on the treatment of hard-to-treat Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), sexual reactivity, trauma, and loss

  • Testified in court hearings, made recommendations for placement, and wrote detailed state mandated reports

  • Maintained extensive case records with a normative score of 96% for record compliance


EDUCATION

The University of Texas at Austin, Bachelor of Science

Human Development and Family Sciences, 2003


The University of Connecticut, Master of Arts

Human Development and Family Studies, 2006


Austin Community College, Associate of Arts and Sciences

User Experience/User Interface Design, 2019

AWARDS

Department of Health and Human Services, Phase 1 Award - $10,000

MCHB - Remote Maternal Monitoring Challenge

Department of Health and Human Services, Phase 2 Award - $36,000

MCHB - Remote Maternal Monitoring Challenge

Department of Health and Human Services, Phase 3 Award - $130,000

MCHB - Remote Maternal Monitoring Challenge

University of Texas at Austin

Distinguished Scholar - 2002 and 2003


SOFTWARE AND SKILLS

Adobe Creative Suite- Illustrator, Photoshop, XD, Acrobat Pro, Animate, Character Builder

Figma, Invision, Sketch, POP, Dialogflow

Twelve years experience with digital illustration

Hundreds of hours of face-to-face clinical contact experience

Three years conducting research within an academic setting including graduate coursework in research methodology


WORK ELIGIBILITY

Eligible to work in the United States with no restrictions