Résumé

Résumé

Résumé

Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS)

May 2025-Dec 2025

Washington, D.C.

CSBS is the nationwide organization of banking regulators from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

UX Design Return Intern (Sep 2025 - Dec 2025)

  • Designed the information architecture for the new NMLS Resource Center; conducted tree testing, improving task success rates across 10 scenarios.

  • Synthesized insights from 60+ user interviews for the State Examination System (SES), the nationwide supervision platform for state financial regulators.

  • Facilitated SES fly-in sessions with regulators nationwide to map core workflows, guiding journey-map reviews.


UX Design Intern (May 2025 - Aug 2025)

  • Led UX initiative to reduce call-center reliance for small-company users of NMLS, the official nationwide licensing system used by 64 state agencies to regulate financial services.

  • Mapped user journeys for 6 core NMLS workflows by synthesizing 9 semi-structured interviews, identifying 25+ pain points; validated and quantified findings by analyzing 900+ call center support tickets.

  • Presented to senior stakeholders, resulting in a shared backlog informing the new NMLS Resource Center roadmap.

UX Design Return Intern (Sep 2025 - Dec 2025)

  • Designed the information architecture for the new NMLS Resource Center; conducted tree testing, improving task success rates across 10 scenarios.

  • Synthesized insights from 60+ user interviews for the State Examination System (SES), the nationwide supervision platform for state financial regulators.

  • Facilitated SES fly-in sessions with regulators nationwide to map core workflows, guiding journey-map reviews.


UX Design Intern (May 2025 - Aug 2025)

  • Led UX initiative to reduce call-center reliance for small-company users of NMLS, the official nationwide licensing system used by 64 state agencies to regulate financial services.

  • Mapped user journeys for 6 core NMLS workflows by synthesizing 9 semi-structured interviews, identifying 25+ pain points; validated and quantified findings by analyzing 900+ call center support tickets.

  • Presented to senior stakeholders, resulting in a shared backlog informing the new NMLS Resource Center roadmap.

UX Design Return Intern (Sep 2025 - Dec 2025)

  • Designed the information architecture for the new NMLS Resource Center; conducted tree testing, improving task success rates across 10 scenarios.

  • Synthesized insights from 60+ user interviews for the State Examination System (SES), the nationwide supervision platform for state financial regulators.

  • Facilitated SES fly-in sessions with regulators nationwide to map core workflows, guiding journey-map reviews.


UX Design Intern (May 2025 - Aug 2025)

  • Led UX initiative to reduce call-center reliance for small-company users of NMLS, the official nationwide licensing system used by 64 state agencies to regulate financial services.

  • Mapped user journeys for 6 core NMLS workflows by synthesizing 9 semi-structured interviews, identifying 25+ pain points; validated and quantified findings by analyzing 900+ call center support tickets.

  • Presented to senior stakeholders, resulting in a shared backlog informing the new NMLS Resource Center roadmap.

PFF, LLC (Capstone)

Sep 2025-Present

College Park, MD

UX Designer

  • Leading product redesign of emergency-management budgeting software to integrate AI-assisted workflows for federal and state agencies.

  • Mapped 10 user flows of the legacy InCEP tool, identifying 15+ usability gaps that informed AI integration points.

  • Created 5 user personas and defined product vision through user stories and how might we statements.

  • Established a component-based design system and produced low-fi prototypes using FigmaMake and Lovable, accelerating iteration cycles by 80% for stakeholder demos.

Digital Engagement Lab (University of Maryland)

Nov 2024-May 2025

College Park, MD

Research Assistant

  • Owned creative direction and interface design for Smart Story Suite, an AI-assisted news categorization tool.

  • Designed 20 mid-fidelity web screens in Figma; conducted 5 paid moderated usability sessions comparing 2 homepage variants and 3 news-category navigation options using think-aloud and post-task probes.

  • Improved SUS score from 52 to 80.3 by shipping the variant that incorporated participant feedback.

Laboratory of Inclusive Design
(IIT, Roorkee)

Nov 2023-Jun 2024

Uttarakhand, India

UX Design Intern

  • Conducted primary and secondary research on accessibility issues for the Mumbai Transit System, identifying five critical pain points and proposing solutions to enhance the user experience

  • Illustrated 20+ technical visuals for a government-backed project handbook, improving transit accessibility for 1.2 million daily commuters through inclusive design

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