I did not pivot into product design. I built toward it, one discipline at a time.

Environmental science trained me to investigate connected systems and trace problems to their source. Business education and retail banking taught me how organizations work and what unclear, high-stakes decisions can cost people. Marketing taught me how people interpret value. Graphic design developed my visual craft.

Web design added another layer. Learning how interfaces are built helped me understand technical requirements earlier, communicate more effectively with software developers, and make design decisions that account for responsive behavior, component logic, and implementation constraints.

Healthcare service design taught me to look beyond a single screen and understand the people, processes, and touchpoints around it.

Climate tech was where those layers first came together in product design. As one of three designers in an early-stage company, I worked across onboarding, engagement strategy, product structure, accessibility, visual systems, and engineering constraints while the product and team were still evolving. The redesigned product and brand supported a crowdfunding campaign that exceeded its target by 25%, followed by an Android beta launch.

I later brought the same adaptability into enterprise fintech. At Morgan Stanley, I work across institutional products, consumer banking, payments, brokerage, workplace financial products, accessibility systems, and platform integration. The environment is larger and more regulated, but the underlying responsibility is familiar: understand the system, resolve what is unclear, and help steer the product toward the right decision.

Across climate tech, healthcare, financial services, real estate, and ecommerce, I have worked on products at different stages, from early definition to mature platform improvement. That range helps me recognize familiar patterns in unfamiliar systems without forcing the same process onto every team.