Work Experience

Senior UX/UI Designer

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | January 2026 - Present

  • Lead UX/UI design efforts across the full product lifecycle, from requirements gathering, research, and ideation to high-fidelity mockups, implementation, and testing.

  • Lead client meetings by showcasing design concepts, recommendations, and solutions to gather feedback and drive design decisions.

  • Conduct UX/UI candidate interviews and contribute to selecting qualified candidates for design roles.

  • Provide UX/UI leadership and oversight for junior designers, including mentoring, design reviews, training, and guidance on project-specific UX standards and processes.

  • Collaborate with developers and cross-functional team members to evaluate design solutions, address requirements, and ensure technical feasibility.

  • Apply Section 508 and WCAG accessibility standards through the design process.

  • Create and maintain the UX design system, establishing scalable design standards and ensuring consistency across the application.

  • Create and maintain application standardization documents for team reference, to ensure consistency across data assets.

UX/UI Designer

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | January 2023 - December 2025

  • Created wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and prototypes for the NCHS Data Query System, translating complex data requirements into intuitive user experiences.

  • Presented design concepts to clients and incorporated feedback into final solutions.

  • Collaborated with developers throughout the design process to determine technical feasibility.

  • Tested implemented designs in DevOps to verify alignment with approved designs, requirements, and expected functionality.

  • Applied Section 508 and WCAG accessibility standards through the design process.

  • Contributed to the development and maintenance of the UX design system to ensure consistency across designs.

  • Contributed to the creation and maintenance of application standardization documents for team reference, to ensure consistency across data assets.

  • Conducted UX research and competitive analysis to inform design decisions and identify opportunities to improve user workflows.

Application Developer

Mutual of Omaha | June 2021 - July 2022

  • Developed product rules using JavaScript to support electronic insurance applications.

  • Created automated unit tests using Groovy and Spock to validate product rule functionality.

  • Managed source code, repositories, and development branches using Bitbucket and Git.

  • Deployed application code to production through Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.

  • Provided on-call production support to investigate issues affecting the product database.

  • Designed wireframes for internal applications, bridging UX design and technical implementation.

Junior UX Designer

Mutual of Omaha | May 2019 - May 2021

  • Created wireframes and high-fidelity mockups for electronic insurance applications.

  • Developed front-end components for applications using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

  • Conducted local testing to identify both visual and functional defects prior to QA deployment.

  • Created fillable Adobe PDFs that enabled customer information to map accurately to printable paper applications.

  • Participated in daily Agile/Scrum meetings, providing progress updates and communicating potential impediments.

  • Presented application designs and development progress to stakeholders and incorporated feedback into final solutions.

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Skills

UX/UI Design:

  • Interaction Design

  • Visual Design

  • UX Research

  • Responsive Design

  • Design Systems

  • Accessibility (508/WCAG)

Tools:

  • Adobe XD

  • Figma

  • Azure DevOps

  • HTML

  • CSS

Education

B.S. in Business Administration (Computer Science)

Peru State College

Code School Graduate - May 2021

Metropolitan Community College