HOW I DESIGN

Product designer and UX researcher with BS and MS in Human-Computer Interaction and Computer Science from Stanford University.

I work across the full arc of design, from foundational research to interaction design to functional prototypes. I'm most energized by roles that let me move fluidly between understanding people and shaping what they use.

My background spans UX research at Google, product design at Block Party, design engineering at YourEDU and teaching design at Stanford. My core is research and design, but I'm adept at translating ideas to code to test them or to communicate vision.

I'm drawn to problems at the bleeding edge of technology, the ones for which no one has discovered the answers yet. Designing for these systems means research and design have to be deeply intertwined, and that's exactly how I like to work.

I write and speak about what I can't stop thinking about—mostly AI, media psychology, ethics and identity. I've been featured in The Los Angeles Times, The Mercury News, The Times of India, and university syllabi. I've spoken at venues such as The Indian Consulate of Seattle, a UN Panel, and in an address to the incoming class of 2027 at Stanford.

Design is how I shape systems. Writing and speaking are how I interrogate them.