Early beginnings

As a child, I loved my grandfather's creativity, turning each alphabet letter into a fun animal shape which influenced my major art project in my final year of school.

My love for computers began with video games, though they used to crash and freeze back then – not so fun! But hey, fixing them was strangely satisfying.

This combination of joy and pain taught me to persevere, a desire to understand systems, interfaces and eventually push me into coding and design.

After finishing an Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design in Visual Communications in the early 2000s, I set out on a journey working as a designer in print both in Sydney and abroad, which gave me a solid foundation of universal design principles, which has given me the ability to spot misaligned objects from a mile away to this day :)

In 2009, with guidance from a developer friend, we co-founded FindaTeammate, a website linking local basketball players. The countless design iterations!! While I relied on my instincts and best practices, it provided a valuable lesson in understanding how websites are built, how they break, and the intricacies of SEO.

It was a steep learning curve, but it ultimately paved the way for my journey into digital design, coding, and understanding user needs and their frustrations.