I’M MAXINE
I want to use my work as a catalyst for social change by creating effective, impactful products and narratives that not only spotlight but also actively contribute to resolving global issues.
SAMSARA
Redesigning & Designing From Scratch
During my most recent summer internship at Samsara as the first and sole Product Design Intern, that significantly boosted customer acquisition and drove a consistent weekly surge in platform traffic, successfully recapturing lost and blocked deals. Collaborating with engineering teams, I integrated insights from over 20 customer calls to create user-friendly, technically feasible solutions. I iterated on 60+ high-fidelity prototypes, refining each through five rounds of detailed feedback from customers, senior designers, and engineers.
KADAKAREER
Designing From Scratch
My team and I at H4I partnered up with KadaKareer, a non-profit organization based in the Philippines. My team and I have developed a platform that aims to help underserved youth launch and build successful, long-lasting careers. As the sole designer on the project, in less than four months, I prototyped over 55 high-level mobile and desktop interfaces to centralize KadaKareer's VirApp. Throughout this process, I continuously iterated based on over 10 rounds of user testing.
SCD
Designing From Scratch
Following an in-depth dive into human-centered user research last summer to establish a solid foundation, I’m presently crafting a tailored, immersive, and exploratory self-touring app experience. This experience is designed to cater to the unique needs and preferences of the 20,000-plus annual new visitors at SCD. As these visitors navigate SCD's diverse spaces, my objective with the app is to seamlessly guide them, enhancing their comprehension of the various use cases for each space while ensuring they retain valuable information.
METAMASK
Redesigning An Existing Product
My team and I re-designed a cryptocurrency software wallet, Metamask, while working closely with Professor Yang Wang from the School of Information Sciences at UIUC. We escalate over 60 screens by utilizing accessibility design to make MetaMask more user-friendly, efficient, secure, and comfortable for over 295 million people living with moderate-to-severe visual impairments.
ONCOVERYCARE
Designing From Scratch
I designed an app experience for a digital health company who aims to improve cancer survivors’ survivorship experience. I helped synthesize the user research, draft concepts, sketch high-level vignettes and prototype over 80 high level UI/UX mock-ups. Our goal is to create a comfortable, personal, and equitable survivorship experience for all critical illness survivors.
MAYA
Designing From Scratch
Resuming work on a device that I created in my Junior year capstone engineering course, I repurposed my sexual assault device to be a deterrent for assault of any kind. Instead of focusing on the small percentages of violence assault in which the victim is suddenly attacked, where a solution like the iPhone emergency SOS function might be more effective, MAYA aims to deter 80% of assaults that are suddenly instigated by someone that the victim knows.
