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.

Selfie in Iraqi Kurdistan Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani's waiting room in Erbil

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.

Me backpacking in the north Cascades at sunset

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