this is how I got here, from art, fashion, graphics, user experience to building AI Products from 0 to 1
7+ years in design. I started in visual design and moved into UX when I saw how much opens up when you blend aesthetics and function - so I did a MS in HCI/d. Then I started experimenting with AI, built my own startup (โแดโ), and realized itโd all be easier if I just understood code. At least Iโd save on tokens, right? So I learnt front end, and now I dream up ideas in code and make them real most days.
Before that, I was building copalm.ai: my grad capstone turned registered company, and the reason I taught myself to design in code so I could ship it. It failed, but I learnt a lot. I've also helped invent digital teach-back at WebMD Ignite (prev Healthwise), with a prototype for 1.8M+ patients worldwide - healthcare is where I learnt the value of intentional design with AI, because forgotten information has medical consequences. Between the two I was a product design fellow at Handshake AI, training models and learning what good output looks like from the inside. Prior to that, branding and eCommerce at Transformative Ventures, building systems that served 800k people, with visual design before that at esoverse.studio
I've worked with 12 founders in 7 years; spent my career in startups.
Bootstrapped my startup Copalm, Corp. as CEO/Founder to build copalm.ai, it failed but I learnt a lot.
Alumni of Founders Institute, Startup425 East Seattle fall 2025.
Accepted into Google for Startups and got worth $2k AI credits.
#6th rank out of 100 in Wajo AI GSD hackathon fall 2026.
Arranged an Agentic AI workshop with Wajo AI x WAAI - got 20 builders to show up with a single email.
Super-generalist, multi-disciplinary, can-figure-out anything attitude (give me 2 hours).
Self-learner, self-starter; currently at [19] licenses & certifications. I have 2 degrees, MS + BA, best of both really.
Prev AI Fellow, AI obsessed but donโt believe it can solve all my problems or do my job.
Prev student mentor at Shoemaker Innovation Center @ IUB, helped student founders build AI startups.
Always putting in the work, hours and the energy so I can truly know what it's like to build a company.
I have a cat called Frodo, I've visited 4 national parks.
Reader, books make me learn about human behavior and storytelling so currently I am reading Emma by Jane Austen.
