Hi there, I'm Kara!
I’m a design systems specialist with a foundation in graphic design, branding, and user-centered product thinking. My work bridges strategy and craft, from leading cross-functional system efforts to hands-on Figma builds, UX flows, and visual design.
Over the years, I’ve created products and experiences across ed tech, healthcare, media, non-profits, restaurants, and film. I’m comfortable owning every phase of the process: facilitating workshops, conducting user research, designing interfaces, building component libraries, and crafting scalable design systems that teams actually want to use.
My background in visual design shows up everywhere, whether I’m art directing or drawing illustrations, making figma components, crafting talks or building brand systems that scale from screen to space. I still take on the occasional side project when something fun catches my eye.
Right now I live in a beach side jungle on an island in Florida, though I'm a city girl at heart. Outside of work, I’m usually mid-DIY, covered in pet hair, elbows-deep in my food forest or tracking down my next piece of vintage furniture at a local auction.
Over the years, I’ve created products and experiences across ed tech, healthcare, media, non-profits, restaurants, and film. I’m comfortable owning every phase of the process: facilitating workshops, conducting user research, designing interfaces, building component libraries, and crafting scalable design systems that teams actually want to use.
My background in visual design shows up everywhere, whether I’m art directing or drawing illustrations, making figma components, crafting talks or building brand systems that scale from screen to space. I still take on the occasional side project when something fun catches my eye.
Right now I live in a beach side jungle on an island in Florida, though I'm a city girl at heart. Outside of work, I’m usually mid-DIY, covered in pet hair, elbows-deep in my food forest or tracking down my next piece of vintage furniture at a local auction.