about us
Design Interactive is a close-knit human-centered design organization with the goal of bringing design education on campus through hands-on project work and student and industry-led workshops. This organization was founded out of a growing need we saw on campus for human-centered design and user experience opportunities for students getting into this field.
With associates and consultants that represent majors from Cognitive Science to Economics, we bring together viewpoints across campus to solve problems through human-centered solutions.
Our Fall 2020 Cohort!
Meet Our Members
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Nadia Anees
Co President
DESIGN
Cheryl Cai
Co President
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Shirley Lee
VP Operations & Associate
COGNITIVE SCIENCE & ECON
Meghna Okhade
VP External
DESIGN
Aileen Yang
VP Education
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Laurensia Brigitte
VP Marketing
DESIGN & COMPUTER SCIENCE
Michelle Huang
Creative Director
DESIGN
Kiara Cowderoy
Content Designer
DESIGN
Ying Liu
Growth Strategist
DESIGN
Briana Lozano
Outreach Coordinator
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Judy Li
Outreach Coordinator
DESIGN & COMPUTER SCIENCE
Brooke Bahn
Project Mentor
DESIGN
Emily Lam
Project Mentor
DESIGN
Sienna Gonzalez
Project Mentor
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Rochelle Dai
Project Mentor
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Yongqi Kuang
Project Mentor
COGNITIVE SCIENCE & PSYCHOLOGY
Betty Zhong
Associate
UNDECLARED
Ella Terrenal
Associate
DESIGN & PSYCHOLOGY
Gennifer Hom
Associate
DESIGN & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
Jamie Chou
Associate
DESIGN & ECONOMICS
Jessica Hua
Associate
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Joanna Hu
Associate
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Joanna Li
Associate
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Kai Maurer-Mabanglo
Associate
DESIGN
Matthew Kwong
Associate
DESIGN
Megan Chueh
Associate
DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS
Michelle Lee
Associate
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Morgan Creek
Associate
DESIGN & COMPUTER SCIENCE
Rachel Yap
Associate
MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
Sophie Lam
Associate
Previous Members
DESIGN ALUMNI
Andrew Chen
Co-Founder
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Cynthia Chen
Co-Founder
DESIGN
Michelle Gore
Co-Founder
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Lily Nguyen
Co-Founder
DESIGN & PSYCHOLOGY
Aeon Pablo
DESIGN & COMPUTER SCIENCE
Alekhya Yallapragada
DESIGN
Allyn Suzuki
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
Anthony Chow
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Antonia Wu
DESIGN
Briana Omori
DESIGN
Fiona Truong
DESIGN
Jasmine Chou
PSYCHOLOGY
Madison Wood
COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Matthew Paquette
DESIGN & COGNITIVE SCIENCE
Maysnow Liu
DESIGN & MANAGERIAL ECON
Miranda Wong
DESIGN & COMMUNICATIONS
Noah Jones
Our Founding Story
The four of us met together and started Design Interactive in the Textiles closet of the UC Davis Design Building towards the end of Winter 2019 quarter. We saw a need for human-centered design and UX design opportunities and resources on campus, and wanted to create a community where budding UX designers could learn and grow together. Within two weeks, we pulled together the club structure and process and launched the first Cohort in the Spring 2020 quarter during the COVID pandemic. Although we're young as an organization, we hope to grow Design Interactive into the premiere UX club and to build a strong, supportive community for UX designers at Davis — come help us make that a reality!
Andrew Chen, Lily Nguyen, Cynthia Chen, Michelle Gore
Where We Go Next
We're committed to preparing designers for the industry, and here are a few places members have gone.
SPRING 2021
Fellowship Applications Open Now!
Applications close on April 16th. Application link on our Join page.
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Our founding story
Where we go next
Meet our members
Upcoming events
Past events
Our cohort structure
Our sprint process
Recruitment
FAQ
Contact Us
Are you a potential client we could work with? We are looking for companies, non-profits, and potential partners to work with. If you have a project for us, please reach out at our Facebook or at [email protected].
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