Apr 5, 2021Crushing Constraints as a Marginalized Group — Part IIIThe path forward If you’re reading this, you’ve made it to the final installment of the Crushing Constraints series. We explored a bit of the psychology that affects us as individuals, creating constraints for our potential in part I. Part II centered around the external elements that perpetuate the difficulties…Design4 min readDesign4 min read
Apr 5, 2021Crushing Constraints as a Marginalized Group — Part IIThe external forces working against us In part I of Crushing Constraints as a Marginalized Group, I spoke to the internal factors preventing many of us from reaching our potential: 1) our relationship with ourselves and 2) our ability to make adaptive changes. You can read part I here. Navigating…Design4 min readDesign4 min read
Apr 5, 2021Crushing Contraints as a Marginalized Group — Part IThe uphill battle against ourselves and the world Constraints are not unfamiliar to anyone working in the product space. Designers may be limited by time and budget to conduct research and design exploration. Product managers are all too familiar with the limitations set by the business goals and developers can…Career Advice6 min readCareer Advice6 min read
Dec 16, 2020DWB: Designing While BlackNavigating my career as a woman of color For most of my career, I can recall looking around the conference table and seeing no one that looks like me. Jovial coworkers chat about shows like ‘This is Us’ or old ‘Friends’ episodes left me excluded. And then there’s music. I…Design4 min readDesign4 min read
Dec 3, 2020Worth it? Design Dept.’s Resilient Leadership WorkshopA peek inside Mia Blume’s 4-hour workshop If you haven’t guessed by now, I do a lot of professional development. Maybe too much…. look, that’s a future Medium article. For now, I’ll stick to the “script” and share a little about Design Dept.’s Resilient Leadership Workshop. What/Who is Design Dept.? I stumbled across this…Leadership Development3 min readLeadership Development3 min read
Dec 2, 2020Mentorship vs SponsorshipWhat’s the difference & why you need both I’m a huge advocate for mentorship. I created Break the Prototype, a free mentorship platform for BIPOC in tech. As a woman of color, I know all too well how hard it is to receive the same opportunities as our counterparts. 42%…Mentorship4 min readMentorship4 min read
Nov 24, 2020Learning the Essentials of Business — Part IIPrototyping with numbers & the business value of design Back for more business basics? Good! To be honest, it surprised me how geeked I was learning about business models. 🤓 The crew at Designer Fund made the experience fun and engaging. The Business Essentials for Designers workshop didn’t disappoint. In…Business7 min readBusiness7 min read
Nov 24, 2020Learning the Essentials of Business - Part IMy experience attending Designer Fund’s Workshop I hate math. Wait, let me rephrase. I REALLY hate math. There’s nothing about it that I like. I was an English & Social Studies girl, still am. I knew my junior year of high school I’d be a designer. All else became irrelevant…Business5 min readBusiness5 min read
Oct 2, 2020Field Notes: My First 90 Days as a Product DesignerRemote Onboarding, Meeting the Crew, & Imposter Syndrome — 90 days sounds like a lot and a little at the same time, doesn’t it? Things have been moving nonstop since I joined Dialexa, a Dallas-based tech consultancy. It seems like I went from daydreaming to landing my product design role overnight. I gotta say, I love every minute of…Product Design6 min readProduct Design6 min read
Sep 17, 2020Achievement Unlocked: Joining the Medium LeagueAt this point it’s safe to say 2020 has been a trip, right? A whole WTF, cancel it yesterday, put it in the trash, fast forward to 2021 type of year. I expected it to be, not because of a worldwide pandemic, but because my status quo wasn’t cutting it…Career Advice2 min readCareer Advice2 min read
