Honolulu, Hawaii based UX Designer with 3 years of experience crafting digital products for Japan.
I discovered my passion for design early—I was always the one in group projects obsessing over fonts, spacing, and layouts. What started as jailbreaking iPhones to customize interfaces evolved into a career when I met a UX designer at a high school career fair who shared how her work improved lives in developing countries.
I studied Graphic Communication with a User Experience/User Interface concentration at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Post-graduation, curiosity led me to Japan—despite growing up in a Japanese household, I'd never lived there. After three years working for Japanese companies, I moved to Hawaii where I currently practice design.
My experience spans both Western and Eastern design approaches, with strengths in attention to detail (honed by Japanese work culture), rapid learning, and cross-functional collaboration. I believe in shipping fast and iterating based on data and user research—a trial-and-error approach that leads to better solutions.
When I'm not designing, you'll find me training Muay Thai or catching waves.
UX Design
UI Design
Interaction Design
Visual Design
Wireframing
Prototyping
Design Systems
UX Research
Usability Testing
Data Analysis
Figma
Framer
HTML/CSS
JavaScript
Adobe Creative Suite
Japanese