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About Daxle

UX researcher and designer based in Oakland, CA

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My path to UX:  My search to find a way to scale health coaching for greater impact led me to a health tech startup, where I interfaced with hundreds of product users daily.

 

To the users, I was the face of the product, and they gave me lots of unsolicited feedback on their experience.  This led me to be curious about product development at the organization.

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Seeing my growing interest, my manager invited me to be a part of a task force of coaches working directly with product.  I joined a pod of engineers, design, and PM - a crash course in Agile UX.

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I was thrilled with my new role and dove right in.  Transforming insights into rapid product improvements fulfilled my desire to meet user needs.

Then, the pandemic hit.  Just as I (and everyone else in the world) was figuring out how to adjust, I received a serious medical diagnosis that forced me to go on disability leave.

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During my treatments I spent a lot of time thinking about where I had been and where I was going.  I felt like I had explored the limits of health coaching and was excited about going deeper into the UX work I had been doing.

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So, I decided to make the best of my leave and began formally studying UX research and design.  During the process, I came to realize that I already had experience and expertise in many areas of research due to my background in health and science.

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After finishing my UX certificate, I deepened my knowledge and experience by completing additional coursework in research and working with non-profits to improve the usability and accessibility of their websites.

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Today, I am thrilled to be leading the UX research team for The Inclusive Group, an organization providing resources for caregivers of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. 

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Design skills

  • Wireframing

  • Prototyping

  • Design systems

  • Responsive design

  • Storyboarding

Education

  • User Research Methods and Best Practice / Interaction Design Foundation

  • Interaction Design for Usability / Interaction Design Foundation

  • Google UX Design Certificate / Coursera

  • M.A. Health Education / John F. Kennedy University

  • B.S. Plant Biology / University of California Davis

Tools

  • Figma

  • Adobe XD

  • Trello

  • Miro

  • Notion

Research skills

  • Usability testing

  • Empathy mapping

  • Card sorting

  • Research presentation

  • Journey mapping

  • Competitive audits

  • Heuristic analysis

  • Personas/archetypes

  • User interviews

  • Surveys

  • User stories

Soft skills

  • Empathy

  • Effective communication

  • Active listening

  • Presentation

  • Collaboration

Interests

  • Zero waste

  • Housing rights

  • Cat rescue

  • Hiking

  • Tap dancing

  • Cycling

  • Yoga

  • Wildflower hunting

  • Behavior change

  • Parenting

  • FOOD

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