About Me

I am a second year PhD student in Human Factors at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, currently working on completing my Masters en route. My passion is conducting usability testing and user testing with user interfaces, consumer products, and websites.

However, before I got here, there were a few decisions that led to me being here.

I completed my undergraduate career at the University of Central Florida in 2022 where I completed an honors undergraduate thesis, worked as a research assistant for the Applied Cognition and Aging Lab, and volunteered as an undergraduate teaching assistant.

Since I made a quick switch to HF from clinical psychology, I decided to take a gap year and worked as a junior research psychologist at the Naval Air Warfare Center - Training Systems Division. While I was there, I realized I had a strong affinity for user interfaces and extended reality as used in training and simulation.

So, after once the gap year was over, I ended up at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University! I am happy to be in the Research in User eXperience Lab under Dr. Barbara Chaparro and can’t wait for what’s left to come.