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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