I majored in biology in undergrad while also pursuing a minor in digital graphic design.

What drew me to biology was its logic and structure. Design, on the other hand, felt like an exploration of imagination. It was more expressive and tied to a different kind of emotional response.

It wasn’t until I discovered UI/UX that things clicked. I realized the two things I enjoyed could exist in the same space, and that’s when I found the direction I wanted to pursue.

After graduating, I started as a self-taught designer, working across agencies and startups on products in finance, media, and B2B tools.

The pace and variety taught me how to design under constraints—different industries, different systems, limited resources, and limited time.

This was also when my approach to design began to take shape: I like to generate many ideas early, bring them to life quickly, and refine them through iteration. Comparing different directions helps ground my decisions and makes it easier to communicate the reasoning behind them.

After four years of working, I moved from Taiwan to the U.S. to pursue a Master’s in HCI/UX Design at UC Berkeley. I wanted a more structured way to deepen my foundation and to learn how people from different cultures approach design.

During my time there, my perspective began to shift. I moved beyond focusing only on user experience and started thinking more broadly about information and design—how information flows, how it’s interpreted, and how design shapes behavior at a larger scale.

Now, I’m designing fintech experiences at Ria Money Transfer, where my focus has shifted toward going deeper in my work, compared to earlier in my career when I focused more on breadth in agency environments.

Here, I focused on two things: tracking the impact of my design decisions by connecting them to measurable outcomes, and working within the realities of fintech by balancing compliance, system constraints, and user experience.