👩🏽💻 Hello! I'm Rachel
I shape educational experiences, mission-driven technology, and community-focused design
IODA
Transforming how a global audience understands internet shutdowns through a data dashboard redesign
UX Design • Data Visualization
Kaona
Bridging interactive learning with Hawaiian lore with through a role-playing game and digital “Storyteller”
UX Design • Game Design • In Development
Kumu Connect
Empowering culturally relevant CS education with asset-based AI tools for teachers
UX Research • UX Design • In Progress
UX Design
Capsule
Facilitating cultural (re)connection and exploration through a recipe exchange platform
UX Design • UX Research
IODA
Transforming how a global audience understands internet shutdowns through a data dashboard redesign
UX Design • Data Visualization
Pickrick Project
Educating and engaging through AR storytelling of Atlanta’s civil rights history
UX Design • Game Design
TRACE
Reimagining architectural co-design with a video conference app blending sketching and digital drafting
UX Design
CoHeart
Fostering friendships for introverted international students via a dedicated social app
UX Design • UX Research
Illustration & Graphic Design
Kaona Game Art
Bridging interactive learning with Hawaiian lore with through a role-playing game and digital “Storyteller”
Game Art • UX Design
Veggie Mijas
Elevating the identity of a food justice org through strategic branding and logo redesign
Illustration • Graphic Design
Birthing Rights Zines
Distributing critical maternal health information via accessible and engaging zines
Illustration • Research
Design Systems
Crafting Consistency
Transforming the U.S. Asylum Office's design system for improved functionality and user experience.
UX Design • Design Systems
About Me
I'm Rachel, a UX Designer and Researcher in educational technology and community-based design, with a focus on the intersections of culturally revitalizing education, AI for low-resource languages, and game-based learning.
I bring robust experience in human-centered design, participatory research, and project leadership, with two rigorous design degrees and 6+ years co-designing with communities. My work is informed by my multidisciplinary background and Latina hertiage, aiming to provide equitable, engaging, and culturally affirming educational experiences to K-12 students.
I currently lead the Education and Public Interest HCI research group of Georgia Tech's Ka Moamoa Ubiquitous Computing Lab, under the guidance of Dr. Josiah Hester. I was recently awarded the College of Computing's Outstanding Research Scientist Award for 2025.
The Archive
Lloyds: Erosion and Reoccupation
A projection of erosion and reoccupation of Lloyds of London
Architecture
Eco-Morphology
An architectural study on connectivity, symbiosis, and weaving the built environment with the land
Architecture
Birth Rights: Design Proposal
A birthing community center, focused on dignity and continuous support systems
Architecture
Conservation on Aisle Four
The Rise and Failure of Eco-Commerce in the 1980s and 1990s
Research • History
