Resume

Work
Experience
July 2024-
present
Interface System Analyst--LCMC Health
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​Analyze user requirements to automate clinical documentation and improve existing workflows
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Design and build interfaces within Epic application to meet end users’ needs
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Assist in developing ambulatory tools that providers need to give health care to patients while ensuring efficiency
June 2023-Sept 2024
UX intern -- Aptima
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Design user-centered wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes for multiple products
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Create interactive designs in iterative process using Figma
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Write and conduct UX Research
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Moderated usability tests
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user personas, flow diagrams, and journeys
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Interviews, surveys, and focus groups
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Evaluative feedback
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Develop and facilitate design workshops
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Work with collaborative teams in various stages of development
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Design auditing to evaluate usability and ensure consistency in designs
2022
UI/HMI researcher -- Ohio State University
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Contributed to DARPA program by designing the interface for semi-automated satellite management for space reconnaissance; will be implemented as open source code by CACI International
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Spoke with subject matter experts to identify complexity factors unique to the space domain for use in evaluation scenarios of system prototypes by the Institute for Human Machine Cognition
2018; 2021
Ethnographer -- PAST Foundation
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Led focus groups and interviews with educators and school administrators on students’ use of technology and issues of accessibility in distance learning among underserved communities, requiring the ability to multitask
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Observed Chevron and GE-funded project on implementing digital fabrication technology into STEM curricula
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Analyzed human-machine interactions and used contextual inquiry assess how students used the technology to create products from start to finish
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Filed final reports and made suggestions to stakeholders on how to utilize the machinery to maximize learning efficiency
2019-2023
Graduate Teaching Associate -- Ohio State University
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Teach undergraduate students on a variety of topics including research methods and ethnography, requiring the ability to communicate to a diverse audience
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Ranked in top quartile for university instructors
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Emphasize importance of cultural awareness in the classroom, while encouraging students to be respectful of differing opinions and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)
Research
2019-2023
Doctoral research in Riace, Italy
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Analyzed refugee integration in Riace, Italy. Interviewed and surveyed 40+ migrants and locals.
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Sought to understand how the Riace Model of Migration works and evaluate its success
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Handled all participant recruitment, networking, logistics, and qualitative and quantitative research methods.
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Used for Master's thesis and published results
2017-2018
Thesis in Cleveland, Ohio
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Interviewed and surveyed 35+ refugees about the biggest challenges they face in integrating into American society.
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Recruited participants and analyzed resettlement programs, offering solutions to improve immigrant well-being
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Served as the foundation for doctoral research and received funding as a result
Education
2020-2023*
Ohio State University
PhD, anthropology (AbD*)
2018-2020
Ohio State University
Master's, anthropology
2016-2018
Cleveland State University
Bachelor's, anthropology (valedictorian)
Skills
& Expertise
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UX Research
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A/B testing; card sorting
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Interviews
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Surveys
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Focus Groups
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Usability tests
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Research planning and logistics
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UX Design
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Wireframes
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Facilitating Workshops
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Prototyping
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Figma; XD
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Ethnography
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Refugee health and integration
Awards
& Recognitions
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National Science Foundation REG
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SALT Travel Award in anthropology
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University Fellowship
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Valedictorian of Cleveland State University
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CSU Research grant for independent study
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Butler Jones Scholarship on Race & Ethnic Studies
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Mandel Honors College, Upper Division
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All-State Ohio Academic Scholarship
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Bernie Moreno Auto Group Scholarship
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All-USA Academic Team—First Team
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Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholarship