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For me, design is world-building. Whether it’s an academic journal, a fintech tool, or a narrative game, I craft immersive ecosystems where aesthetics, interaction, and emotion collide.

In my work I aim to turn abstract ideas and complex systems into digital spaces that are alive, cohesive, and intentional. 

I bring embodied experience into every build, shaping how people feel in physical space and digital space. It’s my hope that each project doesn’t just function, but resonates.

In my experience, design should be more than seamless. It should be unforgettable.

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Journal of Audiovisual Ethnomusicology
Seeking the Sun
Ggglitch: Designing Otherwise—Queer, Cyborg, and Anti-Interface Futures
Whats Ego?

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Design Leadership Reflection
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☆ Sustainable E-Commerce Full Mock, Green Mart
☆ Competitor Review, User Research, and Sitemap Recommendations, OM Foods
☆ UX/UI Audit and Website Re-design, Penny Juice
☆ Sitemap Analysis, Information Architecture Planning, and User Flows, The Pulse

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Journal of Audiovisual Ethnomusicology

UX & Product Design | Web Strategy | End-to-End Implementation

As Principal Designer for JAVEM web, I led the full design and development of its digital platform from concept to launch. The Journal of Audiovisual Ethnomusicology is academic journal centered on ethnomusicology, a field merging traditional musicology with anthropology, and in this case, multimedia production. 

Balancing academic rigor with accessible design, I created a clean, responsive interface that supports intuitive submission flows, streamlined editorial workflows, and engaging publication layouts that mimic academic print. 

Through scalable content architecture and a cohesive visual identity, the site empowers both contributors and readers while meeting high standards for accessibility and performance. 

This project reflects my approach to digital publishing as both a functional system and a thoughtful, sustainable design practice that bridges scholarship and public engagement.




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Seeking the Sun

UX Design | Brand Identity | Web Development for Independent Artists

SeekingTheSun.org is a dynamic creation for independent band Seeking the Sun, crafting their digital prescense as a living extension of their sound and story.

More than just a digital hub, the site blends immersive visuals, interactive design, and narrative elements to create a rich, fan-first experience.

At its heart is the Lost Realm, a custom browser-based game inspired by the band’s lyrics and artwork, where players explore a surreal world as a warlock bridging music and myth.

From layered aesthetics to a performance-optimized CMS, the project fuses UX, development, and creative direction into a digital zine-meets-storyworld that reflects the band’s evolving identity and invites fans deeper into their universe.






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Ggglitch?: Designing Otherwise—Queer, Cyborg, and Anti-Interface Futures

Speculative Design | Digital Narrative | Interface as Medium

whatsglitch.com is a speculative digital archive and immersive thesis project that transforms glitch—from error to expressive force—into a storytelling engine.

Designed as an unstable, nonlinear experience, the site invites users to explore a fragmented landscape of fictional and found materials that blur coherence and collapse.

Through flickering text, corrupted visuals, and shifting pathways, WhatsGlitch.com interrogates digital memory, decay, and perception—revealing how technological "failures" can expose deeper truths about control, instability, and meaning in digital systems.

Rooted in media archaeology, critical theory, and experimental interaction design, the project redefines UX as a poetic, political, and philosophical act.




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What’s Ego?

Digital Identity | Narrative Architecture | Critical Interface Design

WhatsEgo.com is an experimental web project that reimagines the internet as a medium for self-reflection, storytelling, and critique.

Blending poetic interface design with speculative narrative, it explores the fluid construction of digital identity through nonlinear navigation, unstable UI behaviors, and recursive metaphors like mirrors and echoes.

Built as a fragmented personal archive, the site challenges traditional notions of authenticity and performance online, inviting users into a layered experience where ego, persona, and perception blur.

More than a portfolio piece, WhatsEgo.com acts as both self-portrait and cultural commentary, pushing the boundaries of what digital spaces can express.






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Behind The Scenes



Design Leadership Reflection


As the sole web designer for the Journal of Audiovisual Ethnomusicology (JAVEM.org), I led the end-to-end creation of the journal’s first website, translating a complex academic mission into a thoughtful, user-centered digital experience. Working closely with editors and contributors unfamiliar with design principles, I navigated diverse stakeholder needs, advocated for accessibility and clarity, and built a platform that seamlessly integrates video, audio, and scholarly content. 

This project challenged me to lead without a formal title through collaboration, education, and strategic design decisions. The project reinforced my commitment to design as both a craft and a catalyst for meaningful, long-lasting impact.

Key Contributions:
  • Translate vision into execution, with no blueprint.
  • Navigate communication dynamics with highly invested, non-design stakeholders.
  • Advocate for user experience while honoring academic integrity.
  • Facilitate alignment, not by dictating decisions, but by asking the right questions and providing the right options.
  • Educate as I designed, so that stakeholders felt empowered, not alienated, by the design process.

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