KendallNakai
design so others can blossom 🌸
Experience
@Design Lab Researched the impact of scaling up the "Hidden Currciulum" of design to undergraduates / Advised by Philip Guo
@ProtoLab Researched design process decomposition and adaptive scaffolding / Advised by Stephen MacNeil and Steven Dow
@Microsoft Designed and developed a front-end insights dossier and full-stack permissions audit tool for 20,000+
@ACM UCSD Founded UCSD's largest computing community, designed an an in-house membership portal for 1000
@Boeing Created payload and bus system designs for a theoretical satellite mission to Europa to determine if life was viable
@iD Tech Camps Taught 20 students how to code through in Java through GUI game development
@UC San Diego Mentored 50 student designers through the UX/UI app design process as a TA for a design class
@Chick-Fil-A Served 500+ guests per day, delivering infinite smiles and an order accuracy of 96% / Reflection
@Tennis Anyone Coached tennis classes to recreation students
@Girl Scouts Earned my Girl Scout Gold Award through making a series of videos that brought a community together
About
Hi there, I'm Kendall 🌸
I am graduating in 2022 from UC San Diego with a B.S. in Cognitive Science: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) with minors in Computer Science and Design.
I'm interested in HCI and Design research, I watch the sunset daily, and am always seeking the perfect cup of boba milk tea.
Last updated: January 2022
🏃♀️ Currently trying out sports including archery, aerial silks, boxing, karate, tennis, swimming, and surfing
📚 Submitting my first papers to academic conferences in Winter
🎒 Solo backpacking Europe in Spring
🌆 Moving to Seattle, Washington in Summer
📸 I've made One Second a Day recap videos for 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016
🧋 You’ll often find me in my crocs drinking boba and serving 900+ cups to ACM and IEEE folks
🐦 My spirit animal is a hummingbird because I'm energetic and need to eat every 20 minutes to survive
🌊 I'm a SoCal native which means I grew up at the beach and Disneyland
🎨 I love experimenting with colors on my hair! I've dyed it silver, blonde, blue, green, purple, and pink
🌎 Improving everyday life through design
❤️ Fostering welcomeness through inclusivity
⭐ Being there for people's important moments
Contact
Let's chat over virtual bubble milk tea!
kendallnakai[at]gmail.com
/kendallnakai