My resume

UX/UI certification

(Designlab)

August 2024-March 2025

TEFL certification

(International TEFL Academy)

May 2016

  • Overhaul local websites to be more responsive and thus retain users.

  • Work to add features and more responsiveness to existing pages.

  • Conducted user feedback sessions with customer to validate design decisions.

  • Work to design apps from start to finish, using research conducted.

  • Work collaboratively on small team projects.

  • Mastered user experience and user interface fundamentals.

  • Became fluent in Figma.

  • Developed four high-fidelity projects.

  • Worked on weekly collaborative feedback sessions.

  • Conducted user interviews to help drive user-centered design decisions.

  • Ensure students in one of America’s largest public school districts have a seamless educational experience.

  • Support teachers by ensuring both lessons and classroom management are adhered to.

University of Mary Washington:

(Fredericksburg, Virginia)

B.A. in International Affairs, minor in German

August 2010-May 2014

UX/UI designer

Springfield, Virginia

August 2024-present

UX/UI designer (Apprenticeship)

Springfield, Virginia

August 2024-March 2025

Substitute teacher

Fairfax County Public Schools

(Falls Church, Virginia)

March 2024-present

March 2012-July 2014

Work history

English as a Second Language teacher

Fast & Easy Language School

(Moscow, Russia)

August 2020-March 2024

  • Taught corporate clients primarily online, with some face-to-face lessons in offices.

  • Created tailor-made lessons (for both fellow educators and students) via Amazy, the in-company platform

  • Worked with students to iterate the learning experience with Amazy.

English as a Second Language teacher

Globus Languages

(Moscow, Russia)

July 2016-August 2020

  • Worked primarily with corporate clients across the city.

  • Created additional lesson plans to complement supplied material.

  • Taught in a state school for half of the 2016-17 academic year to prepare students for selection to a prestigious boarding school.

  • Successfully prepared students for TOEFL, IELTS, and Cambridge, and university entrance exams.

English as a Second Language teacher

EF English First

(Moscow, Russia)

September 2014-June 2016

  • Led small group “Life Club” classes using custom, personalized lesson plans.

  • Conducted bi-weekly lessons for the local Russian teachers.