Hello! I’m Alexia, a strategic designer, researcher, and maker living in New York City.
I believe that the most comprehensive design solutions emerge from a robust human-centered design process. I am happiest in creative and collaborative environments where I can work directly with users to learn about their lives, experiences and context; with the goal of creating solutions that can effectively satisfy their most pressing needs. While I enjoy working for start-ups and corporate entities, I am particularly excited about projects in the non-profit and social innovation sectors.
In 2022 I joined the team at Dalberg Design NY—a design practice within an international development consulting firm—to use the Human-Centered Design methodology and strategic design thinking to solve complex problems in a multiplicity of sectors including global health, financial inclusion, agriculture and food security, and gender empowerment. Previously, I was at argodesign’s NY office working as a digital product designer and researcher. There, I had the privilege to contribute to projects for Singular Genomics, Fox factory, New York Life, and IBM.
New York is my current home, but I was born in Venezuela and spent a portion of my childhood in Belgium. I have called the east coast my home for over 20 years. In 2018, I completed my graduate degree at SVA’s Products of Design program where I dedicated my MFA thesis “Dare + Defy” to designing for women in the great outdoors. By following the human-centered design methodology I developed a suite of design offerings that effectively satisfy women’s needs in this space. The solutions included a digital platform and experience, a service, and a set of physical artifacts.
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