Professional Identity
& Vision

01Professional identity

I'm a UX/UI designer with an industrial-design and engineering background, driven by a simple belief: design should solve real problems. I'm comfortable across the full process — from user research and interaction logic to high-fidelity prototypes and technical implementation — and I can prototype my own ideas with tools like Figma, Arduino and Unity rather than just hand them off.

Empathy sits at the core of how I work. Whether designing a dance-therapy interface for Parkinson's and dementia patients, or an LLM-powered language app that helps international students build the confidence to speak, I start by deeply understanding the people I'm designing for — and translating their pain points into solutions that actually fit their lives.

I'm reliable, organised and genuinely enjoy collaborating across disciplines. Studying in the Netherlands and interning in China trained me to communicate across cultures and connect designers, engineers and product teams around a shared goal. I plan early, set clear milestones and consistently deliver quality work on time — habits sharpened by four-week design sprints and even 48-hour game jams.

Above all, I stay curious. I treat every project as a chance to learn something new — picking up LLM integration and prompt engineering on one project, laser cutting and 3D modeling on another. In today's multidisciplinary world, I see a designer's real value in connecting processes, disciplines and people.

02Vision

I believe the goal of design isn't just to remove friction, but to actively create joy and well-being. I'm drawn to experiences that feel inherently rewarding — ones that give people a sense of mastery, autonomy and connection — rather than relying on shallow motivators like points and badges layered on top of a product.

I'm especially excited about where emerging technologies meet human experience. AI and XR open up new ways to design interactions that are more natural, more immersive and more meaningful — but the experience layer is still underexplored, and that's exactly where I want to contribute. My work integrating GPT-4 into a learning tool, and my research into VR immersion and player experience, are early steps in a direction I want to keep pursuing.

What ties it all together is a sense of humanistic care: I want to design technology that genuinely makes people's lives better, and meets them where they are.