About Me
With my love for design, I aspire to innovate for community engagement.
Hi, I'm Reina!
My Design Superpowers
01
Experiment and Adapt for Innovation
As a curious product designer, I am always looking for new and novel ways to experiment and create new advanced things. I soak in information quickly like a sponge, and able to adapt to new environments or designs which I successfully was able to do with my experience working at startups, where innovation flourishes. My ambition is to take the initiative to search for the latest trends in the user experience world and design my own unique approach to solutions.
02
Observe and Analyze
Observing people is my hobby (Not in a creepy way) I find it fascinating to find how different each individuals' styles, personalities, ambitions, and favorites are. This is relevant to why I love to illustrate portraits. As a product designer, collecting data and building an architectural design system are necessities behind my designs, while also considering the necessities of interactive and behavioral patterns to my designs as well. That way I am able to communicate and visualize for others to acknowledge the reasonings behind my designs.
03
Empathy with Storytelling
I am a product designer who holds the love for expression. While I like to express my thoughts and story into visualization, I also find joy in hearing other peoples' stories. I have always been a storyteller through my life, I've done storyboarding for film projects and I've done manga/comic illustrations. Without empathy, I could have not done these projects.
Experiences
Leadership/
Extracurricular Activities
Little Tokyo Community Council
Supported community events for the Japanese Restaurant Association and the Annual Nisei Week Japanese Summer Festival, leading multiple booths that provided cultural resources like food and merchandise.
USC Nikkei Student Union
Participated in board meetings to plan student events and resources for USC NSU members, contributing to events such as dare fundraiser, NSU potluck, and tailgates.
USC Haute Magazine
Selected as 1 of 5 students to join the marketing team of USC's top magazine club; initiated fundraising events for the issue, On the Edge Fall 2021, including pop-up stores with partnered brands and sticker shops on campus.
Phi Theta Kappa
As the Director of Fundraising, I led collaboration with nonprofits such as LemonadeLA and AudiencesUnlimited to organize student events, including food fairs and movie screenings, while managing a team of 5 board interns to assist in coordinating event logistics.
Private Japanese Tutor
Led a private Japanese tutoring lesson at SMC for high school students who required assistance for their academic Japanese learning, providing 1-on-1 homeworks and teaching with additional materials with the aim of easy learning to aid their courses.
work/volunteer memories :)
I love to cook!
