Angela Ruan

About

Name tag that says "Hello, my name is Angela"

Here’s more about me in an acrostic-ish poem:

A - Always enjoys nature walks

N - Never passes up a moment to talk to strangers

G - Goes to visit people to visit their cats & dogs

E - Excited to play board games, especially social deduction

L - Likes trying new recipes & restaurants

A - Appreciates a good meme

It all started when I realized a poorly designed sink and a bad handwashing experience was user experience.

While I don’t have a formal design background (see career diagram below), I built my UX foundation through:

online courses: Google’s UX Design certificate, SuperHi’s visual + branding & UX design courses, Figma workshops

online resources: Nielsen Norman Group

foundational UX books: Don’t Make Me Think

and design events and community talks.

If you've made it to this point, one of my favorite childhood TV shows are Scooby Doo (I have the theme song as my ringtone).

Here’s more about me in an acrostic-ish poem:

A - Always enjoys nature walks

N - Never passes up a moment to talk to strangers

G - Goes to visit people to visit their cats & dogs

E - Excited to play board games, especially social deduction

L - Likes trying new recipes & restaurants

A - Appreciates a good meme

It all started when I realized a poorly designed sink and a bad handwashing experience was user experience.

While I don’t have a formal design background (see career diagram below), I built my UX foundation through: online courses: Google’s UX Design certificate, SuperHi’s visual + branding & UX design courses, Figma workshops online resources: Nielsen Norman Group foundational UX books: Don’t Make Me Think and design events and community talks

Picture of woman holding tea cup in afternoon tea set up

Angela’s Career Journey

Long story short: I realized UX design encompassed my interests of Psychology of understanding human behavior, design, creative problem solving, and strategy