8+ years designing consumer experiences that require trust and transparency across banking, global remittance, healthcare, and now wealth management AI.
AI
Pen.dev
Cursor
Claude
ChatGPT
Figma
Wispr Flow
Linear
I introduced Pen.dev as our primary design tool in Spring 2026, so that everything designed is code, virtually eliminating the design-to-dev handoff process.
I recreated the design system in the repo, for both the app shell and the generative UI responses, as the team moved to building an LLM-based app.
Generative and deterministic design are well balanced in Pen.dev, and its Cursor MCP extension and CLI let the team view and edit files without the desktop app.
A responsive website shipped in two weeks with one front-end engineer, which is what the removed handoff bought back.
Claude Code, Claude Cowork and Claude Design handle prototyping and further ideation.
Before this, I replaced the team’s Zeplin use with Figma Dev Mode, and optimized our design system and designs for Figma MCP so that Engineering could ship from Cursor and stay on brand. And I still use Figma Make for Marketing’s brand guidelines.
I designed Evergreen’s first consumer-facing AI product, end to end: the UX, the visual language, the markdown-style formatting, and the data visualization.
The app generates parts of its interface as it responds. I designed the system around that behavior: the generative UI components, their light and dark themes, and the app shell that holds everything together, including navigation, the chat panel, and static settings pages.
I designed the Evergreen.ai app with Pen.dev and Claude, the same tools the work itself runs on.
Certificate, Designing for AI Experiences, Nielsen Norman Group, 2025.
Process and handoff files live beside the designs and code. They define how a Pen.dev specification moves through agent skills, rules, commands, and prompts into generated UI.
Cursor’s Linear MCP integration means I write engineering tickets from inside the same IDE where the design lives.
I give the agent the Pen.dev file and the live URL in Cursor’s browser, and it runs the design QA against both. It speeds the pass up rather than doing it for me, so I still eyeball the small details and note those myself.
The output is an HTML handoff file for Engineering: token-level corrections to keep the design system consistent, and UI defects to bring the build back to the intended designs.
The process, handoff, ticket, design, and code stay in one working environment.
Selected work
A selection of shipped work across consumer banking, wealth management, and AI.
BankUnited · 2018–2022
I led the consumer banking experience from research through launch across mobile and web. The work also included a new brand, a shared design system, and a new way of working inside the bank.
Evergreen.ai · 2025–present
I own design across the product and led its first consumer AI experience. To help a small team ship faster, I also moved my design work into the codebase and changed how Design and Engineering build together.
# Pencil.dev → Cursor Handoff
This document lives in the design-specs repository.
It describes two related workflows:
1. In-repo design system
Pencil libraries, .pen files, and token artifacts stay aligned.
2. Downstream implementation
Designs and tokens inform generated UI code.
Evergreen Wealth · September 2025
I designed an enrollment experience where two account holders begin together, then move to their own devices for identity, consent, and passkeys without losing track of each other.
Western Union · 2024
I led design for prepaid cards across the US and Argentina, adapting one product system to different regulations, languages, and money habits. In Argentina, I also stepped in to organize the roadmap and keep the launch moving.
About
For 8+ years, I’ve designed 0-to-1 consumer fintech products, shaped patient experience strategies in healthcare, and optimized systems and processes for cross-functional teams. As a user advocate and natural problem-solver, I love understanding people’s behaviors, motivations, needs, and concerns, and I get excited by the challenge of solving for their needs through intentional design.
Earlier in my career, I spent 4+ years as an advertising account executive, managing national campaigns and fostering client relationships across luxury automotive, retirement investments, and entertainment. I learned how to connect customer needs with business goals, communicate the strategy and the creative, and manage stakeholders to gain team alignment. This proved to be very valuable when I transitioned to design, allowing me to think beyond screens and flows to the 360 customer experience and overall business impact. From researching to designing and iterating to implementing... I stay curious, creative, and hungry.
Also very important to me: spending time with my loved ones, traveling, discovering new and old music, being a great dog mama to my pup, soaking up the sunshine, and laughing any chance I get.
On money
Financial products often hide complexity behind one big number and fewer choices. I simplify the moment without taking away the detail: show what matters now, keep everything within reach, and make the next step clear. Designing trustworthy experiences that reduce cognitive load is something I unashamedly nerd out on.
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