Published inEchoUser Stories·Aug 24User Research: Meeting Users Where They Are, Starting From RecruitingRecruiting participants for a research study can sometimes be time-consuming and energy-draining, especially for products and organizations that do not have a pre-screened customer base or community to reach out to. In this article, I’ll share a recent experience in which we were looking for a very niche user group…UX Research6 min readUX Research6 min read
Published inEchoUser Stories·Feb 7Year 1 as a Full-time UX ResearcherHow did I get so lucky to have a day job like this? — I graduated from school in December 2021 and started working full-time in January 2022 as a UX researcher at EchoUser, a San Francisco-based UX consultancy. In the last year, I worked primarily with a client that makes software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and design industries…UX Research9 min readUX Research9 min read
Aug 30, 2021Design Thinking at Live Well CollaborativeA multi-disciplinary approach to problem-solving — My journey of getting into design research was quite a zig-zag path, but I was fortunate to have found a place where I got to validate my career aspiration. I mentioned that the two semesters I spent at Live Well Collaborative, a design and innovation consultancy confirmed my interest in…Design Research6 min readDesign Research6 min read
Aug 30, 2021How I Found My Way to Design ResearchThere’s no fixed path; That’s the beauty of this field. — I have talked to 40+ design/UX researchers from around the world since the beginning of this year. I found out they came from all walks of life—I’ve met teachers, marketers, journalists, just to name a few. It was inspiring and encouraging to get to know how everyone came into the…Design Research6 min readDesign Research6 min read
Published inCoding it Forward·Aug 4, 2021Ten weeks in civic tech as a design researcherHow I changed my perspective on government work this summer — Prior to this summer, I had very little understanding of how the U.S. government operates. Politics scared me away and I certainly didn’t have any positive experience dealing with the U.S. government. My social security card got lost in the mail after I applied for it. I tried to find…Civictech6 min readCivictech6 min read
Jun 16, 2021Key Takeaways from Lookback Jr. Researcher FellowshipIn April 2021, Lookback, a UX research platform collaborated with UXRCollective (now Learners) and put together a 6-week fellowship to uplift junior researchers who already have research skills and knowledge but are having a hard time breaking into the competitive industry. I was extremely lucky to be selected as part…UX Research3 min readUX Research3 min read
Jun 13, 2021Overdressed—How I Found My Way To Slow FashionI finished reading Elizabeth L. Cline’s first book on the impact of fast fashion a while ago. It debunks the myth of “doing good” through donating your clothes to Goodwill or the Salvation Army as most of those clothes will go straight to the landfills after a short shelf time…Overdressed3 min readOverdressed3 min read
Jan 2, 2021Greta Thunberg’s No One is Too Small to Make a Difference17-year-old Greta Thunberg has Asperger’s syndrome and sees almost everything as black or white. “If the emissions have to stop, then we must stop the emissions. To me, that is black and white. There are no grey areas when it comes to survival. Either we go on as a civilization…Greta Thunberg2 min readGreta Thunberg2 min read
Jan 2, 2021Afterthoughts on To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and HopeI lost count of how many times I teared up reading Jeanne Marie Laskas’ To Obama: With Love, Joy, Anger, and Hope, especially during such time when the entire world is on fire. During his 8-year presidency, Barack Obama received ten thousand letters a day from ordinary American citizens. His…Book Review2 min readBook Review2 min read
