A journal of creative exploration, where ideas take shape and experiments unfold. From design challenges to fresh perspectives, this is my space to think, learn, and grow.
International student + American rental market = instant financial trauma. But why panic alone when you can build an interactive map and panic with data? Now my housing dread has hover effects.
Sometimes the best research insights come from watching people do the exact opposite of what they just told you. This is the story of how I learned that everyone is the hero of their own anti-food-waste narrative.
The hardest part about tackling LA's student housing crisis wasn't the 6-12 year construction timelines or the billions of dollars needed. It was spending 80% of my time explaining that maybe we don't need to build our way out of this one.
Sometimes the best lessons come from the classes you least want to take. This is the story of how I tried to game the credit system and accidentally learned how to build products that don't suck.