{ Hi there, I'm Christy; }

Product Designer

specializing in UX/UI & Front-End Development

I like to observe and design experiences that help people move forward with clarity, curiosity, and confidence.

Project Showcase

Works in Orbit

I ask why before I ask how. A button's placement, a database schema, or a Costco aisle — there's logic behind all of it, and I like finding it.

Earlier Orbits

A tighter pass through earlier print, interface, and identity work.

Learn More About Me

Hey there! How are you today?

I’m Christy, a Product Designer with a background in visual design and front-end development. I’m naturally curious about why people behave the way they do, why systems work the way they do, and how those decisions shape the experiences we have every day.

I enjoy connecting different perspectives, bringing users, businesses, and engineers into the same conversation, and turning complexity into clarity through thoughtful, practical design.

Outside of design, I enjoy digging into psychology and exploring what human interaction is all about. I’m interested in the small details that make something feel intuitive, human, or unexpectedly delightful. Or maybe I just want to find more interesting ways to see the world.

When I’m not online, you’ll probably find me either eating, exploring somewhere new, or finding ways to bring more fun into the everyday life.

(Drawing @v@, Traveling $o$, Building lego 0v0, or Sleeping =~=, etc.)
My career journey. Read the full story

I might be all over the place, but every role and every position I was in built me a better foundation for the next.

Learn — Pono Health

I built a strong technical foundation in a small startup, where responsibilities weren’t defined by job titles — maintaining web apps, supporting backend data processing, and helping wherever the team needed me. Building products isn’t just writing code; it’s solving whatever problem moves things forward.

Observe — DFS Hawaii

I stepped away from software into physical customer experience. Signage and visual merchandising taught me to ask the same questions I ask today: why is this placed here? How do people naturally move through a space? Every touchpoint shapes how people perceive a brand.

Build — Collateral Analytics

My move into digital product design — working side by side with engineers, designing interfaces, and understanding how technical constraints shape product decisions. I learned what it means to own a product: not just designing something beautiful, but understanding its entire lifecycle.

Refine — Black Knight

As the company grew, my focus shifted from building new products to improving existing ones — refining workflows, simplifying complex forms, reducing cognitive load. Sometimes the best design isn’t adding more. It’s knowing what to remove.

Scale — ICE

Following another acquisition, my work expanded to an enterprise level — translating brand guidelines into consistent product experiences across multiple teams and applications. It strengthened my ability to think in systems rather than individual interfaces.

I still ask why. Why this workflow, why this priority, why this feature exists at all. Design, to me, isn’t making things look better. It’s finding where people, technology, and business goals actually agree.