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With diverse experiences in Taiwan, the United States, Spain, and South Africa, I have 10…
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2020 — the catalyst for growth
2020 — the catalyst for growth
"It's 2020. What else can I be doing besides taking on another challenge?" This was what came into my mind when Gail…
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"Don’t ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world"
"Don’t ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world"
I’ve been on a 10-day trip in Phnom Penh led by Team4Tech with colleagues from Adobe and Workday. We are here to…
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Mentor
adplist.org
- Present 4 years 3 months
Economic Empowerment
Providing feedback and career advice to designers around the world.
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User Experience Lead
City and County of San Francisco
- 5 months
Human Rights
Worked with the Office of Racial Equity to design the SF Racial Equity Index website. Our goal was to provide data transparency for the public and invite conversations
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Design instructor
Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus
- 1 month
Civil Rights and Social Action
Taught the communication team how to use Adobe Creative Suites for their social media campaign
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Design Team Lead
African People's Education and Defense Fund (APEDF)
- 7 months
Economic Empowerment
Outreached and recruited designers across 3 geo-locations. Led the team to design an identity system for APEDF's breadth of brands and provided a usage guideline
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UX Consultant
The Ocean Agency
- 2 months
Environment
Provided UX guidance on theoceanleague.org campaign with Adobe Sign integration
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Teacher / Mentor
Cambodian Children's Fund
- 1 year 1 month
Education
Taught Adobe Animate and InDesign and mentored teachers and students in Phnom Penh both on-site and virtually
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UX Designer
Unicode Consortium
- 1 year 6 months
Science and Technology
Updated the brand logo and redesigned a responsive website for Unicode.org
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Volunteer / Service team
Vesta Foundation 夢想起菲
- 1 year 1 month
Poverty Alleviation
Managed and coordinated volunteers’ needs while assisting housing construction for local communities in the Philippines
Courses
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Summer Japanese Program
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Projects
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Architecture_Parting
URBAN REST STOP COMPETITION, SYRACUSE - WINNER
In collaboration with afoam's members and local Syracuse artists. Construction to begin in late SUMMER 2014.Other creators -
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Web Design_afoam
Worked closely with front-end developer and directed website interface design.
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Architecture_Urban Accordian
Our present city is overrun by private buildings, limiting access to public space. Urban Accordion is a microcosm of an alternate urban condition: a City of Dreams. Four fabric "blocks" expand and contract, creating different levels of enclosure to suit a range of programming, while the space contained by the structures forms a larger communal area for events and chance encounters between the juxtaposed programs.The Urban Accordion is a new urban condition: a flexible assembly for serendipity…
Our present city is overrun by private buildings, limiting access to public space. Urban Accordion is a microcosm of an alternate urban condition: a City of Dreams. Four fabric "blocks" expand and contract, creating different levels of enclosure to suit a range of programming, while the space contained by the structures forms a larger communal area for events and chance encounters between the juxtaposed programs.The Urban Accordion is a new urban condition: a flexible assembly for serendipity and public events that fluctuates to meet users demands.
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Web Design_COFFEED
Designed and set up the e-commerce website and created an illustration demonstrating the shop’s philosophy. Worked closely with front-end developer and directed website interface design.
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Thesis_The Moment
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See projectThe Moment is a thesis project located in city spaces to give people the opportunity to precipitate themselves as to encourage a slow movement. It gives the user a moment of serenity and a space to allow one to stop and simply enjoy breathing without doing.
Languages
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Chinese
Native or bilingual proficiency
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English
Full professional proficiency
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Japanese
Elementary proficiency
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Spanish
Elementary proficiency
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