About me

Up until college, life seemed to be guiding me toward engineering. But I first discovered my passion for Human-Centered Design in an unexpected place: working with my brother as a wedding entertainer’s assistant.

Beyond helping with logistics before and after each event, I found myself deeply invested in understanding each couple’s context, mindset, needs, and hopes. Listening to their dream vision—from the flow of the evening to the closing song—felt meaningful. Our role was to help turn that vision into lasting memories. That human connection, and the effort to truly listen and design an experience around people’s expectations, stayed with me.

I earned my first degree—a bachelor’s in Engineering Science—with mixed feelings. I struggled with most courses but excelled in subjects like industrial engineering and ergonomics. I later understood why: like wedding entertainment, these disciplines were about helping people navigate and improve their environment.

That realization led to a 3-month internship as an ergonomics assistant at an exhaust technology company, which gave me my first real-world experience applying these ideas to help operators on the ground.

After graduating with my bachelor’s, the logical next step was a master’s in human-machine systems or human-computer interaction. But my degree had emphasized automatic control, and the idea of pivoting made me uneasy. I stayed in my comfort zone and chose to pursue a master’s in automatic control instead.

Still, some of the coursework centered on people rather than just machines, and those classes kept the spark alive.

To complete my master’s, I needed a six-month internship. I initially searched in the automotive industry, applying my control systems knowledge. But one professor offered me a life-changing alternative: the chance to conduct research at a Human-Centered Design institute in Florida.

I didn’t hesitate. Accepting that opportunity was one of the most impactful decisions of my life. I found joy in conducting user research, prototyping, and testing with expert pilots—ensuring their experience in the cockpit was safer, more efficient, and more intuitive.

After the internship, I returned to France to submit my report and officially graduate. But I couldn’t let go of what I had experienced. The process of involving users throughout design—ensuring solutions were relevant, useful, and actually used—had deeply moved me.

Hungry to learn more, I accepted a research engineering role studying cooperation between firefighters and robots in hazardous environments. Just as I was preparing to turn that work into a Ph.D., another offer came in: a chance to return to Florida and pursue a Ph.D. in Human-Centered Design aiming to help pilots with weather awareness and decision-making.

You can guess what happened then!

After completing my Ph.D., I joined Daito Design as a User Researcher. We went into the field to understand and support power plant workers in their daily activities—putting everything I’d learned into practice.

Later, I joined Round Feather, where I spent five wonderful years as a UX Researcher. I led and contributed to dozens of projects across diverse industries (e.g., healthcare, fintech, telecommunications), always focusing on improving lives through user research and thoughtful design.

Today, I’m excited about what’s next. User Experience/Human Factors Research and Strategy is not just my expertise—it’s my passion. I’m here for the next challenge, ready to observe, listen, and help create meaningful systems, services, and products.