Latinxs Who Design
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Latinxs Who Design
Latinxs Who Design is an interview podcast of thriving Latinxs in the design industry. We want to showcase Latinxs people, let their stories be heard, and share them with the world. Breaking into the world of Design may be hard, so we want to hear how the Latinxs who design did it.
Episode të Fundit
28 episode
Embracing Design Inclusion & Social Impact: A Conversation with Jay Demetillo
In this relaxed and fun episode, Michel sits down with Jay Demetillo, a design leader with over 10 years of experience across New York City, San Franc...
Journey to Design Leadership with Diego Pulido and Koji Pereira
In this special Firesession edition of the podcast, I invited Diego Pulido (@ixdiego) and Koji Pereira (@kojieumesmo) to chat about their Journey to D...
Reimagining Design with Kevin Bethune
Kevin Bethune discusses the need for multidisciplinary teams and talks about his book Reimagining Design, written for creatively curious individuals t...
Introducing By us not biased: Episode 1: Aubrey Blanche talks Equitable Design
In this episode, Michel interviews Aubrey Blanche. Aubrey is The Mathpath (Math Nerd + Empath), Senior Director of Equitable Design, Product & People...
Be Bold - Joanna Peña-Bickley
We're expanding the mission to include more people in our podcast. UX is not really UX without including people from all walks of life. Inspired by so...
Leverage your community - Andrei Herasimchuk
He was the Lead Designer on Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and the Creative Suite in the 90s. Project Lead on Adobe Lightroom in the early 00...
Persistence pays off - Diego Pulido
Diego Pulido is a Senior Interaction Design at Google in New York City. He grew up on a healthy diet of Arepas & Coffee in Bogotá, Colombia prior to m...
Never compare yourself - Rachel Smith
Rachel Smith is a Latinx Designer & Founder of Design to Combat COVID-19, a virtual community of creatives over 2,000 strong—who volunteer their skill...
Don't limit yourself - Yvonne Blanco
Made in Miami, powered by cafecito. Yvonne Blanco is a Cuban designer currently based in Somerville, MA, who specializes in designing for scientists....
You're rewarded for risks you take - Miguel (Miggi) Angel Cardona
Miguel Angel Cardona is a designer advocate for education at Figma Design where he is helping to bring Figma to more classrooms. Previously he was a t...
The value of being an outsider - PJ Pereira
PJ Pereira is an advertising and entertainment pioneer. He believes agencies have to provide return not only on the money brands are investing but als...
Educate yourself - Mariel Backman
Dominican born and raised, Swedish by adoption, and Mexican by heart. Computer Engineer turned into UX designer. Studied a Master's degree in Service...
Put yourself out there - Cami Nunes
Cami Nunes is a Brazilian Product Designer living in Berlin, Germany. With 14 years of experience in the industry, she worked at many design agencies...
We’re wired to be humble - Daniela Jorge
Daniela Jorge has a history of success unlocking the business value of design across industries, with her career spanning PayPal, AT&T, eBay, Intuit,...
Best investment is in yourself - Fabio Sasso
Fabio Sasso is a Brazilian designer based in Oakland, California currently leading the Android Automotive OS UX team at Google. Since joining the comp...
I believe we can make good technology - Helena Jaramillo
Helena is an Ecuadorian, product design lead at Coda, a new doc for teams. Prior to joining Coda, she has held design roles at technology and consumer...
Don't confuse visibility with success - Ted Boda
Ted Boda is currently a Product Design Manager at Instagram. He was formerly the Director of Design at Udacity, Lead Designer at Nest, Lead Mobile Des...
Be intentional - Andrea Pacheco
Andrea Pacheco, as she likes to think, is a citizen of the world! Originally from Brazil, she spent 4 years in Amsterdam and then moved to London one...
Bold move that paid off - Esteban García
Esteban is a Mexican Digital Product designer with 19 years of working experience. He has worked as a consultant at innovation agencies in Mexico and...
We want to belong - Jordi Tambillo
Jordi is a Peruvian Designer & maker living in the Netherlands. He is currently working on Design Systems at TripActions, a leading business travel &...
You are good enough - Pedro Marques
Pedro is a designer with more than a decade of experience building digital products and teams. Currently the Director of Product Design at Adidas.
A mix of many things - Marina Verdu
Marina is an Argentinian designer, illustrator and maker currently living and drawing in Ottawa, Canada. She is nowadays working at Shopify as a UX ma...
Barriers in my head - Diego Rojas
Diego is a Colombian designer working at Google as part of the Stadia team bringing the power of streaming and cloud development to the video game ind...
The web is a place of awe and wonder - Desirée (Dezzie) García
In our interview, Desirée García, or Dezzie as she prefers, has an honest conversation about her life as a quirky and nerdy person. She shares her pas...
Progressively less wrong - Leandro Lima
Leandro is a User Experience Designer who has worked in the field for over 10 years. He started working at design agencies in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and,...
Comes back to confidence - Koji Pereira
Koji Pereira is the Head of Design for Lyft Business. With over 2 decades of experience in the Design field, he leads a team of designers building new...
Going full circle - Tassia Pellegrini
Welcome to our first-ever "Latinxs who Design" episode. I had the pleasure of interviewing an esteemed former colleague: Tassia Pellegrini. Tassia is...