Work History
Klaviyo
2022 – Present
Senior Product Designer
Northeastern University
2013 – 2022
Lead UX Designer
Senior Designer
I implement modular components and standardize visual patterns that ensure product consistency across a complex, global multi-pillar application.
Collaborate with other product designers on high visibility, cross team design initiatives across the entire R&D department.
I drive innovation by pioneering AI-integrated workflows and define technical specifications for intelligent product features to enhance generative UI environments.
I maintain alignment between design and code while mentoring others on systems thinking and design standards.
Brigham and
Women's Hospital
2009 – 2012
As Senior Designer at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, I managed all design initiatives for the Department of Communications, from digital newsletters and hospital-wide branding, to physical lobby displays and digital multimedia components.
I coordinated multimedia content and social media strategies and communications to maintain a cohesive visual identity across one of the nation's premier medical institutions.
During my tenure at Northeastern University, I spearheaded the creation of "kernl," a centralized design system that unified the digital presence of over 50 university websites.
I led interdepartmental design sprints and tested complex user flows that delivered accessible, high-impact solutions to support the global digital footprint of the university.
Skills
I am a strategic design systems architect with over 15 years of experience bridging the gap between design and engineering. I am an expert in building secure, scalable, and efficient design systems by implementing modular architecture and AI-integrated workflows.
Core Competencies
Systems Thinking: Design Systems, Information Architecture, Design Tokens, Library Stewardship, Component Architecture, API & Prop Naming.
Design & Technical Craft: Web, Mobile & App Design, UI/UX & Product Design, AI-Integrated Prototyping, Typography, Data Visualization, APCA Accessibility, Motion Design, Claude Skills, Agentic workflow.
Leadership & Strategy: Mentorship, Branding, User Research, Content Strategy, Strategic Roadmapping, Cross-functional Collaboration.
Tooling
Design: Figma (Advanced), Figma Make, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), ZeroHeight.
Development & AI: Cursor, v0,Vercel,Claude Code/ CLI, Gemini, Notebook LM, HTML, CSS, CMS, Git/GitHub, Fender (Internal Repo).
UXPA Boston
2026
I presented at the 2026 UXPA conference on how AI is bringing designers closer to code. I shared my experience as an early adopter of Cursor and Claude at Klaviyo.
One of the main topics was how incorporating AI tools into the design team’s workflow helped increase efficiency and confidence with coding and creating pull requests.
Education
Boston College
B.A. in Art History, Concentrations in Studio Art and Architecture.
Syracuse University
Architecture Program (Florence, Italy).
School of the
Museum of Fine Arts
Course work in Graphic Design
Advanced Certification
Designlab "Advanced Figma" (Recognized for Expert-level mastery)
Memorisely : AI coding for design