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The first school I went to taught me three languages at once. That was nothing special, as I grew up in one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world. However, what was special to me was how languages facilitated communication between people. As an avid reader and consumer of media, I found that communication was everywhere, and the connection is at the heart of human life. Combining this passion this with growing up around artists and designers like my parents meant that design was simply the natural path open to me when it came time to pursue a career. Understanding and connecting with people made me happy and spurred me forward, and that is what UX is to me. It is a way to understand people and be at the forefront of their communication with anything in the world, from computers to AI to other people. The ability to make experiences articulate and meaningful is something I cherish greatly and believe is reflected in the work I have done and hope to do in the future.

Through my schooling, I explored many different aspects of design. I started my college education as an Industrial design major as I loved working with forms and the feeling of physical product design. This was always an aspect of my personality, marked by my enthusiastic participation in working with different mediums, including wood, metal, ceramic, and glass. As an Industrial design student, I learned the importance of form factors, ergonomics, and manipulating space for the optimal experience. I drew major inspiration from designers such as Dieter Rams and Marc Newson during this time. I learned a lot from this period in my schooling.

As time went on, my interests drifted toward visual communication and communication through a 2D surface. So I switched out of Industrial Design and began taking classes that focused on Typography and Graphic Design. Learning typography was an incredibly rewarding experience. It complemented my love for language and abilities as a wordsmith while also letting me explore letterforms and type arrangement. In addition, these classes thoroughly engrained in me the importance of legibility, readability, and expression. The same was true for my graphic design classes, which reinforced all my knowledge about color and forms while allowing me to apply it to visual concepts and ideas. 

During this time, I realized all of the things I loved about design were leading me to pursue UX design. I loved guiding people through my products and designs, making sure the design communicated itself well and that it was pleasant and effective to use. The structure of my designs, be it physical or visual, was always of the utmost importance to me. The way users interacted with my work was ceaselessly interesting to me. Noticing these things, it finally clicked into place that I wanted to