Hi, I’m Ria — currently based in Seattle, where I’m learning to love the rain almost as much as the coffee. When I’m not designing, you’ll probably find me cafe-hopping or chasing golden-hour light with my camera.

I'm also a former national swimmer — an experience that shaped my discipline, focus, and curiosity about human performance. That mindset now fuels how I approach design — with persistence, empathy, and a drive to understand how people think, feel, and recover.

Having moved to a new country, I’ve found that change fuels creativity. Every new environment teaches me to observe more closely — a habit that naturally seeps into my work as a designer. I’m passionate about crafting experiences at the intersection of people, technology, and emotion — where products not only solve problems but also feel human. Recently, this meant humanizing safety in the automotive space (at Bosch).

my work.

I’m currently pursuing my MS in Human Centered Design & Engineering at the University of Washington. Before grad school, I earned my B.Des in Interaction Design from PES University, Bangalore.

I have industry experience where I've designed
- conversational AI experiences at Bosch
- for information and data-driven IoT dashboards at Starbucks, and
- B2B web applications at Six30 Labs.

My work also stretched into defining usability and accessibility for UW's employee wellness platform.
The through-line? Designing human-centered products that make technology feel natural and leave a real-world impact.




my process.

I see design as a balance between logic and instinct. My process usually starts with listening and observing, digging into what people need (and sometimes what they don’t say out loud). From there, I map systems, prototype, test, and keep tweaking until everything flows.

I’m guilty of getting a little too excited about the details—whether it’s aligning pixels, naming components, or reworking a user flow at 2 a.m. if inspiration strikes. For me, good design isn’t just about what shows up on the screen; it’s about the tiny decisions, messy notes, and stories that shape it.



#out-of-office.