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My Story

I’m a Senior UX and Product Designer shaped by photography, entrepreneurship, teaching, and enterprise healthcare. Those experiences taught me to see systems clearly, explain ideas simply, and keep people at the center of difficult product decisions.

Today, I pair that background with hands-on product building. Alongside enterprise work, I ship mobile apps from strategy and interaction design through development, launch, and iteration.

Photography and Publishing

For 15 years, I thrived as a professional photographer, specializing in creative beauty and fashion photoshoots. Additionally, I served as the publisher of Inspire Magazine for five years, producing nearly 30 issues that seamlessly blended my creative photography with thought-provoking articles and interviews.

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Becoming a Father

In 2020, while running my photography business, my son arrived two months early. Just a week after bringing him home, the pandemic struck, and within a month, I lost my business. Faced with this challenge, I humbled myself, returned to retail work to support my family, and used my free time to dive into UX design. This transition marked a new chapter, where my passion for UX began to flourish alongside my commitment to providing for my family.

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I moved into enterprise UX after studying independently, completing a General Assembly bootcamp, and building real products with startup teams. At Centene Corporation, I designed for complex healthcare systems where accessibility, regulation, business goals, and member needs had to work together. That experience strengthened my ability to turn ambiguity into clear flows and partner closely with product, engineering, research, and stakeholders.

Enterprise Healthcare Product Design

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2022 Startup Bus National Finalist

I was invited to participate in a national mobile hackathon/accelerator. I had to ride a bus with a group of strangers consisting of designers, developers, and business executives broken down into teams to create a working product within three days while traveling on a bus from Cincinnati to Austin, pitching in seven different cities across the Midwest. In just three days, my team created an original working product, reaching the finals and finishing top 5 against all the other teams across the nation.

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The Inspire Agency

After a couple of years of working with a variety of startup clients on top of my day job at Centene Corp., my friend and I launched The Inspire Agency, a UX consultancy dedicated to empowering startups and small businesses. By working on a diverse range of projects, we strive to make a direct, positive impact, helping our clients’ entrepreneurial dreams flourish through thoughtful research and innovative design.

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Caption: Speaking at a UX Conference. Atlanta, Georgia.

Coursera Instructor

I was consistently producing and uploading weekly videos on UX design to YouTube, covering everything from Figma basics to crafting compelling case studies. This dedication caught the attention of an agency from Coursera, who reached out to me to create a Figma project for aspiring designers. The course was designed to help them overcome their intimidation and gain confidence. Through hands-on projects like creating a weather app UI, I guided students in learning Figma basics and turning their design ideas into reality.

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Caption: When I accepted my full-time offer from Centene, we celebrated by pooling our money together to create 200 care packages for students at local HBCUs. This initiative was inspired by my own college experience, where I met students who used all their resources just to attend school but struggled to afford food and other essentials.

What’s Next?

I’m looking for a senior UX or Product Design role where I can help a thoughtful team make complex products clearer, more accessible, and easier to use. I’m especially interested in remote teams that value research, strong cross-functional partnership, and designers who can move from strategy into detailed execution.

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