About

I dream of creating products that change daily lives.

I'm a Human Factors Engineer and Product Designer who believes great design starts with a deep, rigorous understanding of how people actually behave, not how we assume they do.

I've spent three years supporting human factors research at Apple, first as a design validation intern, and then as a contractor. In that time I've designed and run user studies, collected anthropometric and qualitative data, and helped shape design decisions that made it into real products.

Outside of Apple I've done stroke rehabilitation research in a clinical lab at Tufts, and worked on design projects ranging from assistive devices to mobile platforms. I hold an MS in Human Factors Engineering from Tufts where I was a GEM Fellow, and a BS in Manufacturing and Design Engineering plus a BA in Psychology from Northwestern.

It started earlier than that, though. I got my first taste of human-centered design at MIT's MITES program, where I built the Sleep Cocoon. That project made me realize design could be both rigorous and personal, and I've been chasing that combination ever since.

Outside of design I'm passionate about world flag design, sports, and fashion. I've led organizations including the National Society of Black Engineers and the Muslim-Cultural Student Association, and I love the work I do with Design for America.

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