Hi!
I’m
Vanya My journey so far.If you haven't gone through my resume yet, TLDR;
Product & Presentation Designer
Independent Freelance | Aug 2025–Present
Product Designer & Teaching Assistant
Carnegie Mellon University | Aug 2023–May 2025
Design Strategist,Sony Pictures Entertainment | Jan 2024–May 2024
Senior UX Designer
The Minimalist | May 2022–Jun 2023
Senior UX Design Associate
The Minimalist | Jun 2021–May 2022
Design Researcher
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | Nov 2020–May 2021
UI Designer
Systems Imagination | Aug 2020–Sep 2020
UX/ UI Intern
The Minimalist | May 2020–Oct 2020
Carnegie Mellon University
Master of Design in Interaction Design | May 2025
NMIMS School of Design
Bachelor of Design in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) | May 2021
Awards & Recognition
Core77 Interaction Design Student Notable 2025
Carnegie Mellon University School of Design Service Award 2025
Indigo Design Award Freelancer-Silver Winner 2025
Graduate Student Representative 2024–2025
TM Hackathon Winner 2023
Expertise
UX/UI Design, Product Design, Design Strategy, User Research, UX Flows, A/B Testing, Wireframing, Information Architecture (IA), Heuristic Evaluation, Usability Studies, Prototyping, Design Systems, Accessibility (WCAG), System Mapping, Visual Design, Typography, AR/VR, Concept to Development.
What makes me, meMy one true love in life is reading (Library
I enjoy playing Minecraft, baking, travelling, swimming, playing piano, petting dogs (peep my cute dogs) and keeping up with pop culture ツ