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Helloo! 👋
I'm Prerna (pronounced prehr-nah, listen here).
I’m a UX Researcher and educator. As a researcher, I want to understand people to create equitable resources and designs with a focus on social impact.
In a past life, I worked as a software engineer at GE Healthcare, and an educator/volunteer/everything else at Sitara Akka Foundation. Being in these ecosystems, I was doing a lot of work that had direct impact on people — students, teachers, patients, clinicians, engineers, and more…
All of the decisions I made and the impact I created came from personal experiences and my understanding of the world. I realised that I enjoy understanding people, and making their lives easier in whatever way I can.
I wanted to take more informed decisions, and learn more about who I could be in this space, leading me to the Human-Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) program at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Now, I hope to use my learning and experiences to take better decisions, while making sure I trek, cook, read, sketch & paint, or think!
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Feel free to reach out to me for any discussion or collaboration. Thanks!
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