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Objective

Reliable and self-starting Paralegal Student with technology background seeking to contribute proven customer service and organizational skills by obtaining Legal Assistant or Internship roles.

Skills

General

• Speak, read, and write fluent English, elementary Korean, and elementary Chinese (Mandarin).
• Exposure to Introduction to Paralegal, Legal Analysis and Writing, Law Office Procedures, Tort Law.
• Commended for strong communication skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational skills developed through navigating complex client projects.
• Background in UX Design, User Research, Web Development, Content Writing.
• Familiar with social media sites: LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Instagram, Bluesky, Facebook.
• Type 83 WPM.

Software

• Practice Management: Clio Manage
• Documents: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides
• Communication: Google Meet, Zoom, Slack, Discord
• Calendaring: Google Calendar
• Cloud Storage: Google Drive
• Design: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Figma, Miro
• Knowledge Management: Notion, Coda, Obsidian, Airtable
• Time Tracking: Toggl Track, ClickUp
• Audiovisual: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, OBS Studio, Audacity
• Content Management System: Ghost CMS, Webflow
• Analytics: Google Analytics, Crazy Egg
• Version Control: Git, GitHub

Coding Languages

• General Purpose: Java, C, C++
• Web Development: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Python
• Interactive Narrative: Twine, ink, ChoiceScript, Inform 6/7

Education

Mt. San Antontio College

• Associate of Science Degree Candidate, Paralegal/Legal Assistant
• Location: Walnut, CA
• Anticipated Graduation: June 2026
• American Bar Association accredited program.

University of California at San Diego

• Bachelor of Science Degree, Cognitive Science: Human-Computer Interaction
• Location: La Jolla, CA
• Graduated June 2019
• Provost Honors (Spring 2016).

Experiences

OB Square

• Apr. 2025 – Present

Food Server

• Serve food to customers by tracking multiple requests and orders to ensure satisfactory dining experience.
• Track multiple requests and orders to meet customer expectations.
• Handle money payments and count money at cash register to keep accurate financial records.
• Sanitize restaurant to maintain cleanliness.

The TJX Companies, Inc.

• Nov. 2024 – Apr. 2025

Merchandise Associate

• Engaged guests with a cheerful and helpful attitude to positively impact the customer experience and encourage repeat visits, increasing sales.
• Handled large volumes of financial transactions with attention to detail and integrity.
• Promoted credit and rewards program by informing customers of benefits to meet sales goals.
• Assisted with store closings by recovering merchandise.

Final Arc

• Overall: May 2024 – Nov. 2024

Web Content Writer

• Aug. 2024 – Nov. 2024
• Wrote engaging articles for publication by utilizing creative writing skills and SEO best practices.
• Marketed content through various social media sites to increase impressions and click-through-rates.

UX Generalist (UX Designer, UI Designer, Front-End Developer)

• May – Sept. 2024
• Designed responsive wireframes to help visualize the first iteration of the website.
• Developed alpha site in Ghost CMS using Handlebars JS, HTML5, CSS3.

Freelance Writing

• July 2023 – Feb. 2024

Content Writer

• Ideated ideas, concepts, and topics to write engaging content.
• Pitchedarticles to publications and editors by emphasizing potential for capturing user attention.
• Outlined content before drafting to ensure coherence and logical consistency of piece.
• Utilized SEO best practices to achieve search ranking performance for articles.
• Rapidly researched topics, building rapport with communities, and interviewing subject matter experts.
• Covered community events and other news to spread awareness of important cultural developments.
• Generated marketing assets as well as including appropriate captions and alt text.
• Adhered to editorial style guides for voice, tone, branding, etc.
• Created editorial style guides when none are available because I’m a team-player like that.

DIA Design Guild LLC

• Overall: July 2021 – Feb. 2025

User Experience Designer

• July 2021 – Feb. 2025
• Lead and worked with senior experts and junior apprentices on researching, designing, and developing solutions for clients’ business needs.

Research

• Investigated problems and related factors by conducting UX audits and assessments.
• Created product ecosystem and journey maps.
• Interviewed and testing designs with target users and stakeholders.
• Mapped content structure and relationships.
• Recommended ideal tech stacks to determine core user needs and design requirements.

Design

• Iterated upon possible solutions that incorporate problems, needs, and requirements found during research phase.
• Drafted layouts based on content structures in low-fidelity wireframes.
• Visualized the intended user experience using high-fidelity mockups.
• Rapidly prototyped the final deliverable.

Development

• Implemented designs into fully interactive experiences by coding the designs in HTML5 and CSS3 on clients’ chosen platform.
• Assembled designs in tools such as Webflow.
• Delivered tangible solutions to clients that address related problems and needs.

Content

• Contributed content for monthly newsletter updates.
• Drafted, edited, and published blog posts and articles.
• Engaged with subscribers and maintain DIA’s online presence.

Project Manager, Game Club

• Oct. 2021 – Jan. 2025
• Founder and head of the DIA Game Club, a place for discussing games. Formerly known as the DIA Game Studio.
• Encouraged an accessible game making philosophy by running the DIA Game Jam format to help busy folks prototype small games together using a different tool each month.
• Kept subscribers updated on the club’s activities by publishing blog posts summarizing game jam activities and sharing them in the monthly newsletter updates.

World IA Day Los Angeles Org

• Jan. – Mar. 2022

Lead Organizer

• Took on a last minute request to spearhead organizing WIAD s Los Angeles sessions.
• Coordinated with sponsors and speakers to efficiently arrange preparations and align expectations, recruited volunteers to assist with running the event smoothly, managed the marketing and attendant teams by onboarding team members and directing them on various tasks, built and tracked forms for speaker info, ticket sales, etc.
• Hosted event using public speaking skills to introduce speakers and topics and moderate questions.

Result

• Ensured WIAD 22 LA ran smoothly to encourage important discussions on accessibility and inclusion in information architecture and user experience.
• Secured financial donations from sponsors to fund future WIAD LA events, maintained presence of Los Angeles location s activity to maintain budget from previous years.
• Forged new partnerships with WIAD to bolster future sessions.

Altum Inc. (Remote)

• Nov. 2019 – Oct. 2020

User Experience Generalist (UX Designer, UI Designer, UX Researcher)

• Improved product’s user experience with limited resources and tight deadlines by taking on multiple roles as a UX generalist.

Project management

• Worked with a cross-functional Agile team to determine product requirements.
• Planned design tasks.

Research

• Did market research via competitor analysis and cross-industry design analysis.
• Mapped out user flows.
• Conducted user interviews for refined need finding.
• Ran usability tests.

Design

• Designed wireframes and mockups.
• Implemented interactive prototypes in Figma.
• Established foundation for a design system.
• Generated graphical assets.

Result

• Grew AI product from an MVP-state to a full-fledged SaaS product.

Personal

DIA Design Guild

• Jan. 2022 – Present
• Mentor, Community Organizer
• Joined DIA Design Guild as a mentor for the 2022 cohort.
• Mentoring UX apprentices by teaching them how to properly write cover letters and résumés, advising them on projects and case studies, answering questions regarding topics such as use-cases for UX methods.

IAC - Information Architecture Conference

• Apr. 2022 – Apr. 2022
• Coordinated with conference organizers and other backstage managers to ensure a smooth event and address any issues that arose. Leveraged Gather Town expertise to assist with any attendees confused with navigating the platform and using its features. Hosted the go-kart tournament using MC skills to provide a meaningful and entertaining experience for attendees who wished to win prizes.

San Gabriel Valley User Experience

• Sep. 2019 – Present
• Community Organizer
• Organizing and facilitating online community engagement, hosting and moderating online social events to build and reinforce the SGVUX community, finding and importing emotes into the Discord server for reactionary purposes.