hi, how’s it going? 👋
i’m mira, and i get excited about social good, design education, and the future of healthcare. oh yeah, and also product design.
i’m a fourth year industrial design + interaction design student at georgia tech. my unique coursework allows me to bridge the gap between the physical and digital world.
in 2020, i took a gap year and grew so much as a designer and person. looking back, it was one of the best decisions i’ve ever made. now, i’m spending my senior year abroad — i’m currently learning how to design cross-culturally in collaboration with local students and industry clients at KAIST in south korea and malmö university in sweden.
my research and design process is deeply rooted in empathy — i tend to gravitate toward projects that empower underrepresented communities. as designers, we have the power to do good, and everyone deserves a space in which they feel seen.
want to learn more about my work? share the same fascination with the gut microbiome or organizing your entire life in notion? let’s get coffee! say hey on linkedin or send me a good ol’ email!
what i’ve been up to…
pushing pixels
📚 product design intern, facebook
📚 experience design intern, adobe
📚 ux design intern, the home depot
giving back to the design community
📚 teaching a 12 week design bootcamp for GT students
📚 writing about breaking into product design (featured in Sheridan College’s “World in Design” fourth-year course)
living life
📚 hiking mountains and (leisurely) running
📚 reading 3 books a month (most recently: south of the border, west of the sun by haruki marukami)
📚 singing my heart out at concerts (most recently: alexander 23)
most importantly, finding a balance between health, college, and design. i’m reminding myself everyday that i am more than my work and am having fun doing small things that bring me happiness (like trying all the holiday items at trader joes, reading a book at piedmont park, or writing)
why design?
my love for creating began in second grade when my childhood friend and i ran over to each other’s houses to make what we called “secret inventions”--rummaging through our garbage and recycling bins, we made contraptions out of scraps to fix everyday problems around our homes.
ikea was my version of disneyland. with a mouthwatering $1.00 soft serve in hand, i wandered around the never-ending aisles of furniture, storage cabinets, and containers. laying down on the bean bags, i would stare at the hanging lights in awe of how everything was so simple yet ingenious. though i didn’t know it at the time, looking back this was the root of my love for product design. and...i guess the rest is history (or a story i’d love to share with you!)
