Hey there, I’m Stephanie– professional pixel wrangler and bug maker.
In other words, I'm a digital designer and front-end developer. I also write and illustrate sometimes. Welcome to my little corner of the internet!
Selected Projects
03.30.2026
[design + development]. A redesign of the 2025 ranked list from Chronicle food critics on the best places to eat at in the Bay Area.
09.25.2025
[design direction, design + development]. A deep dive into the fashion and history inside of late S.F. drag icon Heklina's closet. I pitched the design direction for this piece and built it out with the help of one other designer.
06.01.2025
[illustration, design + development]. A graphic explainer of California's Zone Zero regulations, designed to improve fire safety for homes in high wildfire risk areas. I illustrated, designed and coded the page.
03.31.2025
[design + development]. A ranked list from Chronicle food critics on where to eat in the Bay Area. I designed and built core features of the guide, including the topper and map. I also collaborated with three other designers to come up with the overall vision for the list.
10.01.2024
California College Admissions Guide →
[branding + design + development]. A data-driven guide to UC, CSU and community college admissions with a new subscription model. I helped Hearst DevHub’s director of visual storytelling develop the overall design and organization of the guide. I then built several features on this product including a timeline that automatically updates.
04.03.2024
[editing + design + development]. An analysis and visualization of how Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 affected San Francisco's Japantown. I was the main designer and developer on this project where I played a key role in the structuring the topper, selecting photos and determining the general design direction.
09.19.2023
The Killing of Richard Oakes →
[animation + design + development]. A multimedia piece diving into the story of Native-American activist Richard Oakes and how the justice system failed him. I helped with the overall design of the page and pitched the photography treatment. Working with another developer, I also animated the illustrations from our graphic artist and built the infrastructure for the page.
04.06.2023
[design + development]. A browseable encyclopedia of 50 pasta shapes and their origins. I pitched and helped organize a design sprint with the design, food and visuals teams to conceptualize the format of the project. I then synthesized the ideas for the design team and built the dictionary component using D3 and React.