My work and my designs are centered around purpose, with intentions of real and practical change, and deep consideration for user experience. My mindset for creating focuses on more than just aesthetics, to holistically approach the lived experience.
This humanistic perspective allows for a greater connection to projects and clients, and a curiosity that expands my knowledge of the field and deepens my understanding of the people and stories that surround me. Though my formal pursuit of Interior Architecture started later in life, my design endeavors are rooted in my passions and shaped by mentors that have been life-long.
My career trajectory has been non-linear and diverse, but with an emphasis on impact and human connection. From research coordination to bike educator to barista, I find great satisfaction in problem solving and making systems efficient, while instilling creativity and empathy into the process wherever possible.
Unapologetically engaged. Grounded in empathy. Solutions driven. Eternally inquisitive.
Education
Awards
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2023-Dec 2026 — UW Madison, Interior Architecture BS with certificate in Architecture
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Aug 2019 — UW Madison, German Language BA
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2006-2011 — UW Madison, World Languages Education for German
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2023-2026 — Dean's List, School of Human Ecology
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2025 — Jeanne Bowie Fritschle Snodgrass Great People Scholarship
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2024 — Dorothy Earleywine Sullivan Scholarship
Exhibitions
Membership
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2026 — "From Beginning to End and Back Again" Art Exhibit, Madison, WI
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Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Fall 2022 — Corpus Collosum: Ebling Library's Journal of the Arts
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2018 — "...and On, Wisconsin!"— Bucky on Parade, Madison, WI
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2025-Present — IIDA Student Member
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2026-Present — ASID Student Member
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2024-Present — Interior Design Student Org Member
References
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Monika Thadhani
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Teaching Professor, Design Studies
Instructor for 5 of my Design Studies courses mthadhani@wisc.edu
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Mark Claiborne
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Digital Fabrication Laboratory Manager Supervisor for Laboratory Assistant position mark.claiborne@wisc.edu
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Uchita Vaid
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Professor, Design Studies Instructor for 3 of my Design Studies courses uvaid@wisc.edu
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Mengni Zhang
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Professor, Design Studies Instructor for 3 of my Design Studies courses mzhang574@wisc.edu