Hey, I'm Robin

I am a full-stack user experience designer.

I like to design products that benefit my users; whether it's their mood, workflow, or the ease with which they achieve their goals.

About Me

šŸ“ Based in NYC šŸ§š ENTJ, "The Commander" šŸŽØ I've worked with 10 Startups & 2 Global Corporations
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Fun fact: I was a journalist for 7 years before I dove into UX 2019–2023 Google Docs Google Sheets Otter.ai Outlook

D Magazine

2019–2020

Authored Healthcare & Business reports with a focus on featuring Asian American businesswomen of DFW.

D Magazine

My Roots: Thear Suzuki
D Magazine

Fresh from Netflix, this cheer gear company calls Dallas home

Cornell Social Media Lab

2021–2023

Performed investigative journalism to capture teenage harassment and phishing efforts on social media.

Social Media Lab

Amazon: Modern body of Orwell’s Big Brother

Writing this convinced me to toss my Alexa — and to lock down my Amazon privacy settings.
Social Media Lab

“Gifting” feature on TikTok: manipulation of good will

A BBC journalist reached out to thank me for surfacing TikTok’s gifting problem.

Let's Try!

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Miscellaneous 2023–4 Miro

Behold, me doing everything in my power to tease the different nooks and crannies of my lil’ design brain 🎨
Here’s me dabbling with content design, design systems, and more for 48–72 hours at a time.

FB Groups ā€” Content Design Redo
  • Content Design
  • Brand Voice
  • “Redesign”
Components ā€” Creating a new design system
  • Design Systems
  • Accessibility
  • Documentation
Web Apps ā€” Developing a Web App
  • Building from Scratch
  • High Fidelity
  • Dark Mode
CRM System ā€” Data Visualization
  • Product Thinking
  • Dashboard
  • Chat UI
Student Work ā€” timeline preview

Coursework, Capstones, and Project Teams I worked on as a college kid 2020–2022 drag the marker to scrub →
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2021
2022
N My List Redesign Sep – Dec 2020 A case study reimagining how friends decide what to watch together.
Participants RARobin Ahn
Course C INFO 1998: Intro to DPD
🔥 Hot Takes Dec 2020 A rapid-fire opinions app built during my semester with AppDev.
Participants RARobin Ahn
Course C INFO 1998: Intro to DPD
C CoursePlan Aug 2021 – Jun 2022 Cornell DTI’s degree-planning tool that maps requirements to a four-year schedule.
Participants RA EC KG MF NS YC
Project Team 🌐 Cornell Digital Tech & Innovation Project Team Live Product C Visit CoursePlan
🔊 HearMe Jan – Aug 2022 A capstone app pairing people who need to talk with trained listeners.
Participants RARobin Ahn JPJin Park SLShuqing Li ARAyesha Raheja
Course C INFO 3450: Human-Computer Interaction