Google x SCADpro
Collaborative
Design Studio
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Sep 2021 - Mar 2025
BFA User Experience Design
Minor in Graphic Design, Advertising and Branding Art Direction
Experience
UX Mentor, FLUX
Oct 2024 - Now
• Assisted students in ideating and formulating solutions to create user-friendly designs.
• Contributed to the improvement of the FLUX Mentorship Center by providing efficient ideas to increase student engagement.
Product Designer (SCADpro), Walmart
Jan 2025 - Jan 2025
BFA User Experience Design
Minor in Graphic Design, Advertising and Branding Art Direction
User Experience Designer (SCADpro), Electronic Arts
Oct 2024- Nov 2024
BFA User Experience Design
Minor in Graphic Design, Advertising and Branding Art Direction
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Sep 2021 - Mar 2025
BFA User Experience Design
Minor in Graphic Design, Advertising and Branding Art Direction
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Sep 2021 - Mar 2025
BFA User Experience Design
Minor in Graphic Design, Advertising and Branding Art Direction
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Sep 2021 - Mar 2025
BFA User Experience Design
Minor in Graphic Design, Advertising and Branding Art Direction
Google Pay approached SCAD to understand how underrepresented groups use apps to pay & save, and explore product ideas to build inclusive financial experiences for 18-24 years old in these communities (participants reflect the diverse population of Savannah).
This research was conducted under a non-disclosure agreement
with SCAD and Google.
The Dream Team
Interacting with 18 other students, 4 mentors, and 1 professor has challenged my collaborative skills as each one of them has brought a wide range of backgrounds and different working styles.
Fake It Till
You Make It
Being able to take part in SCADpro collaborative studio was an honor and my first big step into the professional world.
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As the only Sophomore, the only teenager, and the youngest team member, adopting into a situation working with experienced Seniors and Master students was not inside my comfort zone. Everyone seemed more proficient and adept which made me feel not worth being part of the project.
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However, the more I was taking part, the other students helped me gain confidence and bring my best abilities to the table, in other words, being myself. Collecting 1800 data points after interviewing 28 participants, and affinitizing the data into 13 useful insights in 48 hours was a rigorous process.
For the final presentation with the Google mentors, my role was to impersonate assigned personas resembling Generation Z.
Properties
of Money
In order to understand the financial situation that the users of Generation Z are going through and develop prototypes to enhance the financial experience with Google Pay, having financial knowledge and understanding the value that money contains was crucial.
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Taking that responsibility has allowed me to understand the value of money and how to manage money. My personal studies outside of class reading "Properties of Money" written by Seungho Kim, a top 10 American immigrant self-made entrepreneur, was mindset guidance for me in terms of money.
Deliverables
Under NDA
This project was in participation to the SCADpro Collaborative Design Studio, a collaborative design studio that connects current and future art and design professionals with business leaders to find creative and inventive solutions to real-world challenges. SCADpro is recognized as the preeminent university partner in higher education, on par with premier design agencies worldwide, generating new ideas and products for the world's most influential brands — from prestigious Fortune 500 names to private and public small- to mid-cap companies.