I’m a storyteller, a lover of languages, and a builder of bridges.
Throughout my career, I've been driven to expand access to knowledge, understand diverse global perspectives, and break down complex design challenges into understandable ones.
My background spans UX design, user research, visual design, copywriting, content creation, photography, and education.
Before joining Amazon and moving to Seattle, I lived in Amman, Jordan, where I moved as a U.S. Fulbright Fellow to teach English and Psychology to Jordanian high schoolers.
I worked as an ad agency copywriter translating Arabic language campaigns into English and created reports at a UN agency, for which I also traveled to Kurdish Iraq to interview and photograph beneficiaries.
Picture: Selfie in Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani’s waiting room in Erbil
Outside of work, I read voraciously, play classical piano, and enjoy the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest by hiking and foraging.
On weekends, you can usually find me in a coffee shop in Seattle, reading books about German grammar and planning my next trip abroad.
Picture: Backpacking in the North Cascades
Work
Seattle, WA
Amazon Health Services — Sr. UX designer
Amazon Buy with Prime — Sr. UX designer
Amazon Books/Kindle — UX designer
Amazon Advertising — Visual designer
Amman, Jordan
International Organization for Migration (IOM) — Public information consultant
Young & Rubicam — English language copywriter
U.S. Fulbright Program — English teaching Fulbright Fellow
Education
Harvard University
2008 - 2012
B.A. in Social cognitive neuroscience
Language citation in Modern Standard Arabic
Qasid Arabic Institute
2012 - 2013
Studied colloquial Jordanian Arabic and Tajwid (Qur’an recitation)
Volunteer
Baqaa Orphan Welfare Association in Amman, Jordan
Taught weekly English lessons to Palestinian children in Baqaa refugee camp
Harvard University Phillips Brooks House Association in Cambridge, MA
Developed year-long science curriculum for first graders at the Andrew Peabody School, with a focus on hands-on experimentation
Designed and taught weekly music lessons to 11 classes of underprivileged youth, ages 6-13
St. Andrew’s Refugee Services in Cairo, Egypt
Taught daily English lessons to third graders at the St. Andrew’s Refugee Services school
Languages
Native: English, Mandarin Chinese (spoken)
Working: French, Colloquial Jordanian Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic
Currently dabbling in: German, Taiwanese
Past dabbles: ASL, Russian, Spanish, Hebrew