Adam is a former San Jose native and recent Seattle resident, now forming his own narrative in Washington, DC. He is a part-time musician and a three-times corgi lover.
Adam also hates writing in the third-person.
My Current Narrative
As a biracial, queer POC, first-generation American growing up in the Bay Area, I grew up surrounded in what became the epicenter of big tech, evolving and developing to its current state in my own backyard. This, combined with a degree in design, helped me develop not just a sense of the faults of what current tech has done, but what technology can potentially do for others.
To this day, I see myself drawn to the intersection of business, design and technology, mainly as a way to ask "why" we live our everyday lives, and "how" we craft better futures for others. I think of my practice not as a way to solve problems, but rather a lens of re-examining the issues in our society, and using technology to ebuilding tangible futures to real-world problems for business and consumers alike.
What Am I Doing Right Now?
- Drinking a glass of zinfandel
- Watching S14 of Drag Race
- Listening to AUDREY NUNA
Work
Capital One - Experience Designer
July 2021—present | Washington, DC
Money Movement & Financial Wellbeing
Wish - Product Design Intern
Sept 2020—April 2021 | Remote (San Francisco, CA)
Consumer Core | Marketplace and Logistics
Eli Lilly - Interaction Designer
January 2021—March 2021 | Seattle, WA
Sponsored Project
Associated Students of University of Washington
Sept 2019—Aug 2020 | Seattle, WA
Visual Designer
TriNet - Design Intern
June 2020—September 2020 | Remote (Dublin, CA)
Design Systems
Education
University of Washington
Graduated in June 2021
Bachelor of Design, Interaction Design
Informatics Minor
Awards + Achievements
Sara Little Turnbull Design Scholar (2020—2021)
Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity Scholar (2017—2020)
Purple and Gold Scholar (2017—2020)
Dean's List, 7 quarters