This girl likes to keep busy, here's what I've been up to in past lives …
This girl likes to keep busy, here's what I've been up to in past lives …
Developed a computer-vision powered app to help users learn how to read braille (got to put that engineering degree to use)
Interned 7x (!) - grew my design toolkit from UXR to CD to PD
Posting my journal entries on Substack, growing a community of readers and meeting more writers through the Twitter-verse
Led design at UW Blueprint, supporting and mentoring 20+ designers building tech for non-profits over 5 years on the team
Rebranded Tech+ UW- a student organization that focusses on creating a more inclusive and diverse tech community at UWaterloo
I'm a video-diary enthusiast, and love creating, SF summer vlog coming soon
Taught design workshops and mentored at events like Hack the North, and events in Toronto's design community
Vlogged my design internship experiences for 16 Weeks of Internships
Combined my interests in writing on Substack to and designer my resume as a blog
Cold-emailed my way to working at NYFW
I’m Shaahana, a designer focused on understanding the intersection of society and technology - always observing the details around me.
With a background in Systems Design Engineering at Waterloo - I’m a technical designer, and I enjoy solving highly ambiguous problems through thinking in systems.
Previously designed at Coinbase, Meta, Intuit, Bubble & Ceridian.
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