I didn't start out in the creative space. I started as a software developer at SK Group and spent six years growing into a senior developer: building mobile services, developing systems for SK Innovation’s energy affiliates, and running development and operations for our U.S. branch. The more I built, the more I cared about how it felt to the people using it.

So while I was still writing code, I went back to school for a master’s in UX Design at Ewha Womans University’s Graduate School of Design, and learned to start from people instead of features. That pulled me further: to New York, and the MFA in Interaction Design at SVA, where I work with field research, co-design, brand systems and physical prototypes.

Now I design and build at the same time, from UI/UX and front-end work at MedLaunch to hackathon weekends with a small team on the floor surrounded by cables. I want what I make to feel calm, a little playful, and human.