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I'm an experienced UX Designer who crafts intuitive and beautiful user experiences through a seamless blend of creativity and usability.
I come from a small town in the southern interior of Brazil. From an early age, I was exposed to art; it has always been a way for me to express myself. I took drawing classes as a teenager, but my dream was to create concept art for movies.
Still figuring things out, I enrolled in a Nursing Technician course at the age of 15. I interned in various departments, such as Outpatient Care, Surgery, Psychiatry, and Obstetrics. I can say that dealing with people is both complex and amazing. However, my passion for working with art and design ultimately spoke louder.
Getting into university in Brazil is difficult. At 23, I was accepted into UFRGS in Porto Alegre, where I studied Visual Design. By the fourth semester, I began working as an art director in the university’s Distance Learning department. I worked on numerous projects, including video recording, editing, vector animation, and layout design. However, one project touched me differently: designing the interface for an educational game called Ferreiros e Alquimistas (Blacksmiths and Alchemists). The team had partially developed the game, where the main character needed to collect natural elements to create historical objects while exploring a village.
This project sparked my deep interest in UX Design, leading me to research and study everything I could about it. In 2018, I applied for the Apple Developer Academy and was privileged to be selected among 39 students, split between programming and design. The Apple Academy allowed me to study app development for the Apple ecosystem with Apple mentors providing support and reviews. We worked on challenges lasting about 2 to 4 weeks, involving user research, wireframes, prototypes, design systems, and developing MVPs. Although there wasn’t always enough time to finish and publish the apps on the App Store, the goal was to learn by doing.
The Apple Academy lasted two years. After completing it, I started working at Poatek, a product development agency in Porto Alegre. Most clients were international, which helped me improve my English and gain experience in amazing new projects—about six in one year.
I had the opportunity to be selected to attend WWDC in 2022, traveling to Cupertino and getting an inside look at Apple’s headquarters. What I didn’t expect AT ALL was to take a selfie with Craig Federighi! It was surreal! Towards the end of 2022, I had the chance to move to San Francisco, where I’ve been ever since.
