Hi! I'm Mari.

I'm a highly curious, data-driven UX designer and project manager passionate about using empathetic and intentional design to drive meaningful change within my community.

📍 Incoming Project Manager @ Kois Center
↘︎ Prev. @ Expedia, Boeing, Morning Brew, Housecall Pro.
🌸 UW Seattle Informatics HCI & Japanese Alumni

📌 My Core Values

I like to say that my work is driven by my three (technically four) C's:

🧐 Curiosity

My curiosity leads me through the design and research process - I am always thinking about the why and how at every step of the way.

🤝 Collaboration

As a team lead and member, I believe it’s important to foster an open and honest environment - one where all perspectives are welcomed and encouraged.

🛠 Constructive Criticism

Feedback is imperative to design. I value the process of giving and receiving respectful and constructive feedback throughout the design process.

📚 Things I've worked on –

Expedia Partner Solutions


Worked in Expedia's B2B space on the template team to improve traveler understanding of travel reward points.

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Morning Brew


End-to-end redesign of Morning Brew's site search feature to allow for visibility and content organization.

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pair


‍An app that focuses on building accountability to complete tasks by promoting virtual companionship.

🏆  Won Most Aesthetic Prototype at the 2021 Product Buds Protothon

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LGBT Community Network

Redesigning their website to improve its usability through volunteer matching organization Develop for Good.

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Seattle Coronavirus Assessment Network (SCAN)

Usability study investigating the barriers and pain points behind a crucial step of an at-home COVID-19 test kit.

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Housecall Pro


Redesign of the task management feature to increase usage, functionality, and usability of the feature.

Coming soon~