3rd Culture Kid &

Dupont Birdwatcher.

born in South Korea and raised all across the continental U.S. CUrrently living in Washington dc.  ᕕ(︶‿︶)ᕗ)

*You can find me on a bench somewhere in dupont circle watching the birds and observing people going about their day.
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reading enthusiast
NUMTOT
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reading enthusiast
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chronic overplanner
reading enthusiast
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chronic overplanner
reading enthusiast
always nosy
chronic overplanner
reading enthusiast
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Background

Hi there! o( ❛ᴗ❛ )o

I started my career as an art kid that also loved science. I was looking for a program of study that combined both my creative and analytical sides as well as my love for people and that's when I stumbled upon Industrial Design. I received my Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design from Georgia Tech in 2021 where I studied both traditional product design work as well as human-centered design theory and ethnographic research. My  background has always been a blend of the creative and technical, but I am at my core a people-focused researcher and designer.

I graduated with my MS in Industrial Design in December 2023. During my time in grad school, I worked in academic and professional research around public health misinformation, political news consumption, and civic engagement. I thought a lot about the role design and technology could play in addressing the biggest problems in these spaces. (ツ゚).

What keeps me up at night and what motivates me: a deep curiosity to understand people, communities, culture, and ways of working. Most importantly, it's figuring out how these insights can be leveraged to improve and uplift communities.

Things I Care About

I'm passionate about social equity advocacy, public interest technology, and voting access. Outside of my research and design work, I previously spent a year at the ACLU of GA on their Voter Access Project helping to track voting issues across the state, implement program infrastructure and manage LEAD (Local Advocates and Election Defenders) volunteers, revamp the ACLU of GA poll worker resources, as well as reach out to voters and help people vote at their local precincts. I also helped organize and volunteered at Georgia Tech's early voting precinct during the Georgia 2022 Midterms. I then continued on as a volunteer on their LEAD program. In my free time, I also volunteer as a poll worker in my home county!

My interest in civic tech began when I spent a gap semester in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic as a Civic Digital Fellow at the NIH to help with their STRIDES initiative. Interested in learning more about bringing tech talent to the government? I highly recommend checking out coding it forward. :)
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Other Things I've Done

I spent 2 years conducting research at the Technologies + International Development Lab under Dr. Michael Best at Georgia Tech, where I did work in investigating health misinformation and digital outreach strategies amongst Black and Latine communities in GA. I previously led the Bits of Good design team with Stephanie He, where we built web apps for non-profit clients. Since then, I have led 2 cohorts of our Design Bootcamp with Joyce Shen and Simon Zhang. The Bits of Good Design Bootcamp is a free, student-led program that teaches students the basics of digital product design + research and helps them put together a case study for their portfolio.

Outside of Work

Outside of my work, I love going to museums, drawing, reading books, and crocheting. I'm a big public transit enthusiast! I love learning about the history of the transit systems in the cities I visit. d(・∀・○)

What I'm Reading

Small Boat by vincent delecroix
Economics for the Common Good by Jean Tirole
The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels by Pamela Prickett, Stefan Timmermans

UX Researcher

Servicenow
Present

Product Designer

CNN
2023 - 2024

Graduate Researcher

Georgia Tech Technologies + International Development (TID) Lab
2021 - 2023

UX Research Intern

ServiceNow
2023

Product Design Intern

CNN
2023

UX Research Intern

CNN
2022

Voter Access Intern

ACLU of GA
2022

UX Design Intern

The Home Depot
2021 - 2023

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Georgia Tech
2021 - 2022

Prototyping Instructor

Georgia tech interactive product design lab
2021 - 2022

UX Design Intern

Intel
2021

Director of Design

Hack4Impact
2021

Product Designer

Social Income
2021

Design Bootcamp Instructor

Bits of Good
2021 - 2022

Director of Design

Bits of Good
2021 - 2022

UX Designer

BestFit
2020 - 2022

Civic Digital Fellow

National institutes of health
2020

Product Designer

Bits of Good
2019 - 2020
Research Paper publication, Recognition for Contribution to Diversity and Inclusion
CSCW 2024
2024
Global Intern Hackathon Winner
ServiceNow
2023
Tau Sigma Delta hOnor Society in Architecture and the Allied Arts
Georgia Tech Rho Chapter
2023
Grace Hopper 2022 Civic Tech Speaker
AnitaB.org
2023
Research Workshop Presentation
International Conference on Web & Social media - Cyber Social Threats
2022
Faculty merit Award for best Research
Georgia Tech School of Industrial Design
2022
Design Internship Panelist
Georgia Tech Design Club
2021
Highest Honors
Georgia Institute of Technology
2021
Civic Digital Fellow
Coding It Forward
2020
President's Undergraduate Research Award
Georgia Institute of Technology
2020
Horizons Hackathon Winner
HackGT
2020