Graphic Design
Aceable
Spring 2026
Aceable is an online driver's education and real estate licensing platform serving hundreds of thousands of learners across the US. As a visual design intern on the Learning Experience (LX) team, I contributed to the visual layer of course content: selecting and sourcing general imagery and creating original flat illustrations for scenario-based learning modules across real estate and insurance courses.
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Typeface Design & Type Specimen
DES 325 Typography 1, The University of Texas at Austin
Fall 2023
The project began with a single letter: O. From one starting point, I sketched 25 variations, exploring abstraction, visual rhythm, and circular geometry, then selected five styles to expand into partial alphabets. One design kept pulling ahead.
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DES 325 Typography 1, The University of Texas at Austin
Fall 2023
This assignment asked for something harder than a research presentation: a presentation that itself embodied the designer's work. Rather than using a template, I built a visual system directly inspired by Licko's typefaces and compositional logic, then delivered 7–8 minutes of research through it.
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DES 325 Typography 1
The University of Texas
at Austin
Fall 2023
Two sequential assignments asked me to design magazine spreads about a favorite artist within the rules of the International Typographic Style: sans-serif type, a strict grid, left-aligned ragged-right text, photography only, and asymmetric layouts. I chose Radiohead, using a Chuck Klosterman article as the source text.
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College of Fine Arts University of Texas at Austin
May 2026
Certificate in Humanitarian Engineering
Cockrell School of Engineering, UT Austin
May 2026
Fall 2025 – Present
Research & Design Lead
Humanitarian Product Design — Latrine Liner Project
UT Austin / Kenyan Red Cross
2025 – Present
Design Assistant
Aceable
Summer 2025 – Present
Geospatial Researcher - Mapping Food Apartheid in Austin
GRG 356T: Spatial Data Science and Maps, UT Austin
Fall 2025
Industrial Design Intern
ANDesign Lab
Summer 2024
DES Senior Student Associate / Summer Fellow
University of Texas at Austin
Summer 2024
Design Assistant Internship
ROX, LLC
Summer 2023
Rapid Prototyping
Arduino / Electronics
CAD (Rhino, Blender, SolidWorks)
3D Printing / Fabrication
Spatial Data Science
Python / GIS
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Premiere Pro
Figma
p5.js
TouchDesigner
Alt Text / Accessibility
Visual Communication
Sustainable Materials
Human-Centered Design
Last Updated 04.13.26