From mid 2016 through mid 2021, I was focused on crafting the Teams for Education end-to-end experience at Microsoft. My role has spanned from presenting vision pitches to leadership, to leading the experience architecture, research, and design process of what has become Microsoft’s hub for education.

With each step in the product’s evolution, our mission continues to be empowering every student on the planet to achieve more. I believe this starts by cultivating a culture of collaboration and trust. My personal mission is to craft a team that amplifies expertise and excellence, through shared learning and fun!

The following are notable experiences I have designed over the years. Key contributors include my research partners, visual design partner, content writers, product managers, engineering managers, engineering team, illustration and motion graphics team, partner teams across Microsoft, and our fabulous student and teacher co-creators!

Rubric grading inside of Assignments brings modern grading practices into the Microsoft ecosystem. As you can see in the video, we crafted a side by side document and rubric grading UX—that even auto-calculates total scores! As a former educator who used to mark essays and rubrics with red pen, then scan both to share back to my students, this one is a real time saver.

The integration of Microsoft Forms into the Assignments ecosystem highlights one of the many cross-Microsoft experiences we’ve built over the years. We continue to evolve this integration to offer teachers the tools they need for both summative and formative assessments.

It has been a pleasure to partner with the Microsoft EDU motion graphics and storytelling teams. Together we’ve worked to identify moments of celebration, craft training and support materials, and design in-product growth frameworks to set teachers and students up for a successful and authentic remote learning experience.