Santa Monica College's
Interaction Design
Grad Show
SMC is proud to host a virtual showcase celebrating the achievements of Cohort 3 in our Interaction Design Program. RSVPs are now closed. Thank you all in advance!

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SCHEDULE
Thursday, June 11
Grad Show Night
by RSVP
7:00 - 7:30 pm
Opening Reception
7:30 - 8:30 pm
Senior Showcase
8:30 - 9:00 pm
Closing Remarks
+ Networking
SMC IxD GRAD SHOW 2020

CLASS OF 2020

MEET THE DESIGNERS

Roy Allen

Interaction Designer

At the moment I am most interested in designing for community and things related to transportation. In general, I love solving problems creatively using design.

Genesis Baltazar

UX Researcher / Designer

I am a pragmatic UX Researcher and Designer born and raised in Los Angeles. I aim to develop ways to understand and empathize with people to shape efficient and accessible solutions using methods seeded in human-centered approaches.

Susanna Davtyan

Graphic / UX / UI Designer

Hi! My name is Susanna and I am a UX/UI designer from Los Angeles, CA. I love arts, design, and travel. I chose to become a UX designer because it gives me an opportunity to understand user needs and offer comprehensive solutions.

Elsa Grayson

Interaction Designer

I'm a human-centered UX designer for digital and real-world problem spaces. My ethos is all about finding the perfect balance of efficiency and delight, while truly understanding users and advocating for their needs. As a lifelong artist, my creative process benefits from my diverse experience with a wide variety of materials including ceramics, textiles, metals, and resin, which complement my skills with digital design tools. I value meticulous craftsmanship, powerful storytelling, and limitless curiosity.

Melody Hagedorn

UX Researcher / Product Designer

Hi! I’m Melody. I’m a UX Researcher with background experience in fashion marketing. Leading with empathy, I value the art of unpacking human behavior, while being an advocate for their needs. I firmly believe in creating a positive impact in the world and doing so through creative storytelling and the willingness to never stop exploring and developing for a cause greater than myself.

Landon Harris

Multidisciplinary Designer

A versatile designer with a photographer's eye chasing the dream of connecting all users to unique experiences.

Emily Hedrick

UX Designer

Hello!  I'm Emily Hedrick - a UX Designer and Researcher with a background in digital marketing.  I love creating beautiful, functional, and research-backed design solutions - whether that be an interface, an experience, or a service.

Braxton Huff

UX / Interaction Designer

I’m Braxton, a UX / Interaction Designer with love for travel, EDM, & building and shipping side projects. I’m a midwest transplant in Los Angeles studying interaction design and searching for jobs. Through the design and analysis of a user’s experience, my passion is defining and uncovering pain points to create the best user centered experiences possible.

Aksana Kash

Designer

Hi!  I’m Aksana.
I’m an Interaction Designer with more than 10 years of professional HR & Payroll experience.  I love solving problems and making complex systems of interaction fluid and easy to use.

Shadae Kawaguchi

UX / UI Designer

I'm a UX/UI designer with an affinity for research and a background in Business Marketing. I aim to create crisp, accessible products that improve people's lives.

Brent Lawson

Interaction Designer / Creative Technologist

My name is Brent, and I'm interested in discovering new ways I can create valuable experiences for curious communities in physical spaces.

Yuan Li

Motion Designer / Interaction Designer

Originally from China, always passionate about design. I have experience as a fashion couturier, 2D/3D animator, web developer, and digital producer in the past. Nowadays, I am working towards becoming a human-centered designer providing creative solutions to our everyday life with a focus in digital experience and usability.

Edebaldo Martinez
Ramirez

UX Researcher / Designer

I am an empathetic explorer who approaches design solutions from a personal and social perspective. My focus is in Researching, Designing and Developing experiences through discovery. To give a a voice to users who would not have one under normal circumstances.

Petula Pascall

Multidisciplinary Designer / UX Researcher

My name is Petula Pascall, and I am originally from Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies (Caribbean). My top five strengths are Adaptable, Strategic, Ideational, Positivity, and Futuristic. I am a creative and resourceful team player with a proven background to produce engaging user-interfaces that delight a broad range of audiences. My interests and strengths are UX design, research, and data analysis.

Araseli Serrano

Interaction Designer

Hello, my name is Araseli Serrano, I am a multi-talented designer whose goal is to leverage UX design with cognitive behavioral psychological approaches. Although fluent in traditional graphic design, my passion is to unleash creativity to help people bridge differences, and to encourage connections through designed open-ended experiences.

Haren Soril

UX Researcher / Product Designer

Aloha! My name is Haren Soril and I am sun-loving adventurer from Hawaii. I have an affinity for user experience, human factors and behaviors in cognitive ergonomics, design as an interchangeable whole, and all things data. When I'm not exploring all the delicious nooks Los Angeles has to offer, you can find me unwinding at a yoga class or volunteering to help minorities within our communities.

Courtney Taylor

Creative Technologist

I’m a creative technologist and VR/AR developer who specializes in creating immersive digital product experiences and experiential marketing solutions. Combining UX best practices to my experience as a designer, fine artist, and developer allows me to use a variety of design software, game engines, and programming languages to rapidly-produce high-fidelity prototypes to get a true sense of the desired experience and amaze users.

Stefan Tabencki

Interaction Designer

I’m a designer with an eclectic background in the visual and performing arts. Over the years I have developed a strong affinity for product design through UX research.

Cole Vercammen

Experience Designer / Information Architect

I enjoy constructing functional websites and managing robust user experiences. At SMC I’ve learned how to realize my own visions as well as those of clients and colleagues. My mission is to identify problems, opportunities, solutions, and implement them promptly.

SMC IxD GRAD SHOW 2020

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