Below are some samples of my work in accessibility (a11y), user research, UX design and program operations. I’m delighted to speak to you about my process, shared successes and failures.
Advocating and annotating for accessibility
Following a Product to Design to Development workflow that includes accessibility at each stage – shifting left. How to integrate accessibility in design and communicate accessible features to engineers in a collaborative effort.
Mayors Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD)
Designing an equitable, accessible form to reach and support people with disabilities in Chicago to deliver healthy groceries and address food insecurity in the city.
Piloting Accessibility for Out in Tech hackathon
Every year, a group of LGBTQIA+ individuals who work in the tech industry come together four times to create or enhance websites for LGBTQIA+ organizations around the globe. The websites are built by the community, for the community, as the members believe that true LGBTQIA+ liberation cannot be accomplished without disability justice and equity. The group’s ultimate goal is to uplift and celebrate the queer community, paying homage to LGBTQIA+ visibility which includes the disabled community. To achieve this, I devised actionable steps to ensure that websites are more accessible and inclusive to all.
UX Research: Inclusive Alt Text
Text alternatives for images (commonly known as alt text) are critical for users who do not consume websites visually to experience images on the web. To be useful, alt text should succinctly describe the purpose of an image. But what about descriptions of people?
In this case study, I partnered with our inclusive user research team to investigate how we might communicate identity (race, ethnicity, gender identity, disability, age) and representation in alt text of people to non-sighted users.
Go to Inclusive Alt Text Research
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