Hi, I'm Karina.
I like to design in pixels and draw on paper.
Work
I'm redesigning this site and updating it with new work. In the meantime, here are some links to older work!
promoting responsible travel and ethical tourism on mount kilimanjaro
Defining information architecture and visual design for the Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project website
enabling access to health products in the dominican republic
Conducting ethnographic user research to ensure product-market fit and access
building consistency and confidence in millennial fitness lifestyles
Isolating and identifying the correct problem to solve
supporting workshop hosts in marketing events
Empowering workshop hosts to identify, create, and schedule marketing tasks to promote their in-person events
a 48-hour design challenge to ideate and create solutions for a COVID-19 world
Connecting volunteers with elderly beneficiaries needing help completing errands or tasks
About
i am...
a multi-disciplinary product designer. I'm currently at Deloitte Digital, where I've focused on projects from industries such as travel, hospitality and healthcare. Before design, I worked in international business and global development, which helped me clarify my career goals and discover how UX practices can increase the effectiveness of development efforts. I studied political science and international studies at Northwestern University, with a focus on global development.
i believe that...
having a diversified skillset across multiple disciplines makes for an effective designer. I’m as eager a student of visual design as I am of user research, content strategy, and front-end development. Right now, I'm working on my front-end skills via some side projects. In a team, you can count on me to communicate with empathy and candor, to design with intention, and to seek constant improvement.
i'm excited by...
how technology can nudge us toward more sustainable systems and can better adapt to the needs of non-digital natives. I try to take in a varied diet for inspiration: operas, books, music, paintings, and podcasts are where I turn most often. I'd like to learn more about biomimicry and motion design, so if you have book or resource recommendations, send them my way. Outside of design work, you'll find me reading books, climbing walls, and making travel plans.
Contact
Contact me if you want to know more, chat about product design, or hear the story of
when I interrupted J.K. Rowling's salad course.
To see more of my visual design work, please visit my Dribbble page.
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