Born and raised in Seattle and now based in Tokyo, I’m a full-stack web developer with a background in international affairs, HR, and teaching. Those experiences shape how I approach software: putting people first, communicating clearly across cultures, and caring about how things actually feel to use. I enjoy building practical, inclusive web apps with clean design, thoughtful UX, and an emphasis on reliability and maintainability.
Outside of coding, I’m usually chasing after a high-energy four-year-old, cycling Tokyo’s backstreets, following motorsports and car culture, hunting down good craft beer, or getting out of the city to camp and hike around Japan. Those rhythms help me stay grounded and observant, and they often feed back into how I think about usability and design.
Built an interactive, map-based archive of graffiti and street art across Tokyo and beyond. Designed the experience to encourage noticing and documenting urban visual culture, with clustered markers, photo popups, and a mobile-first map layout.
Lead Developer · Product & UX
Led full product design in Figma (onboarding, check-ins, grievance, AI coach chat). Implemented the Harmony Coach AI with a custom persona system that adapts guidance to each user’s temperament.
Lead Developer · Product & UX (Figma)
Designed and implemented the landing page and full user experience in Figma. Built the image-to-lyrics feature, allowing users to upload an image to generate custom song lyrics.
Product & Frontend · UX
Built a Rails app that aggregates and displays songs played on KEXP’s 'John in the Morning' show. Implemented background jobs to fetch and store track data, added a dynamic Top 40 view with Turbo frames, and deployed to Heroku with a Postgres database. Designed a minimal, music-themed UI for quick access to daily and historical playlists.
Full-Stack Developer · Data Aggregation App
