Finding opportunities within difficulties is at the core of UX design and the way I do my work. Whether that's streamlining a workflow, making a concept easier to understand, or speaking with users to uncover the nuances of a usability issue, I believe that things can be better and I know that I have the skills to make it happen!

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Pursuing a passion for people and an intense fascination with bones, I achieved a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology at the University of Tennessee where I enjoyed volunteering at the world-famous "body farm" AKA the Forensic Anthropology Center. I moved to the Washington, DC area after graduation and continued working with people as a recruiter for a small educational startup. Recruiting was difficult, but within that difficulty was the opportunity to work with developers in the creation of the company's first desktop web portal for contractors. It was here that I learned an important lesson that I still use today, "Context and details are everything!"

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Without context and details, assumptions and confusion run rampant. Asking for clarification is important, but it has to be done correctly. Following that first recruiting job, I continued to learn how to work with developers, users, engineers, product managers, and stakeholders from company to company - how to frame questions to collect targeted information, how to present and visualize data, how to prioritize and make decisions, how to plan and coordinate research studies.

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After working within user research for a few years, I powered-up my passion for problem solving by completing an immersive UX Design program at General Assembly. Because if there's one thing I love more than people, it's solving their problems and turning those frowns upside down. 

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