(lee-uh pan-tay) It’s okay, it’s a tough name!

I have spent my career thus far in the arts, reaching to master new techniques to make work that beautifully helps people feel more at ease and connected to the world around us. After graduating with my BFA and minor in philosophy, I pursued a career in the fine arts that evolved into focusing primarily on illustrative work and murals. These types of art have inspired a deep interest in creating work based off of my clients needs and stories. This career has required continually checking in with my clients on artistic direction, timeline and budget. My job and joy is to creatively solve problems by listening carefully to the desires and pain points of my clients.

My career expansion began to include UX/UI design when I recognized that I would be able to continue to cultivate my natural ability to swap between right and left brain thinking and explore how my unique approach to visual problem solving would translate to tech. In UX/UI design I maintain the habits of continually checking in with my team and users the same way I connect with my clients in my arts practice. Through my foundation of learning to create for and prioritize the user, my UX/UI career has been deeply empathetic, solution oriented, and aesthetically clean. I thoughtfully consider the users needs and desires from user interviews and surveys, through task flows and user flows into wireframe construction, hi-fidelity prototypes to deliverables and case studies. I know that my deep sense of curiosity about my users and my specialized skill set are the tools needed to best translate and execute the vision.