About
I'm a UX engineer and designer. I come from a psychology background, spent years teaching, and have lived and worked in a few different places along the way.
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- 2013–2014
Educational Emissary — Toronto
- Designed and ran educational programs for 100+ participants across cultural and community contexts.
- Iterated on program format based on live audience feedback.
- Managed multiple stakeholder expectations while keeping the participant experience central.
- 2014–2016
Israel Defense Forces — Instructor & Team Lead
- Designed instructional programs for complex technical systems: breaking high-stakes information into learnable steps.
- Revised curriculum based on trainee performance.
- Led a team of instructors, accountable for readiness outcomes and training consistency.
- 2016–2017
Educational Emissary — Washington, D.C.
- Designed programs for diverse audiences across backgrounds and age groups — adapting message and format to context.
- Organized large-scale public events, managing logistics and multi-stakeholder communication.
- 2020–2021
B.A. Studies — Tel-Hai College
- Pursued a dual major in Psychology and East Asian Studies.
- Studied human behavior, cognition, and decision-making.
- Began tutoring statistics, including students with learning disabilities.
- 2021–2022
Statistics Tutor
- Tutored 40+ college students in statistics, including those with learning disabilities.
- Developed different ways of explaining the same concept depending on who I was working with.
- Achieved top marks in statistics coursework.
- 2023
Full-Stack Engineering Training
- Completed the Coding Academy full-stack bootcamp.
- Trained in JavaScript, React, Node.js, and MongoDB — graduating with a full-stack project.
- Transitioned from education and psychology into software engineering.
- Mid 2023
Software Engineer — Plannie
- Built frontend features and third-party integrations in a live product.
- Shipped payments, SMS, and WhatsApp functionality from spec to production.
- Became the go-to person for customer-facing technical issues.
- 2023–2024
Full-Stack Engineer — Plannie (Expanded)
- Worked across Angular, Vue, React, Node.js, AWS, Twilio, payments, and calendar integrations.
- Owned several major product features from spec to deployment.
- Became the primary escalation point for cross-team technical issues.
- 2024
B.A. in Psychology & East Asian Studies
- Completed the degree with a dual major.
- Wrote seminar papers on behavior, identity, and cognition.
- 2024–2025 (Taipei)
Mandarin Studies & Remote Engineering — Taipei
- Awarded a Huayu Scholarship to study Mandarin full-time at NTNU.
- Balanced language immersion with remote software engineering across time zones.
- 2024–2025 (Tel Aviv)
Design, Branding & Web for Musicians
- Designed posters, visual identities, and websites for musicians and cultural projects.
- Handled the full loop: brief, concept, visual execution, and technical build.
- 2025
Pivot to Product & UX Engineering
- Shifted focus toward UX/UI engineering: interface design, prototyping, and design systems.
- Applied psychology and engineering background to human-centered product work.
- 2025
Independent Product Projects
- FairTips — a restaurant tip calculator focused on fairness and clarity of split.
- Wheel of Imagination — a children's creativity app; designed the interaction model and built the UI.
- Lead-generation tools and user-retention dashboards for small businesses.
- AI and WhatsApp automation prototypes.
- 2025–2026
Product Engineer — Muza
- Built Muza end-to-end alongside the founding team — from product definition through shipped features.
- Worked on UX decisions, interaction design, and front-end architecture simultaneously.