About

I've always been someone who can't leave things alone. I take games apart to see why they're fun, wander into unfamiliar places just to see what's there, and try every new tool the week it comes out, usually building something slightly ridiculous with it at 2 a.m. I learn best by making things.

That curiosity has shaped my whole path. I spent my first thirteen years as a trainer and facilitator, fascinated by how people learn and why some teams change while others don't. Then my husband and I moved to the US, and I pressed reset, teaching myself design and code from scratch. It was scary, and it's the best decision I've made.

What I do now

Today I lead design at Lollypop, one of India's largest design agencies. Most of my work is less about screens and more about the people and systems behind them: how designers get hired, how they grow from junior to lead, and lately, how a whole studio changes the way it works now that AI is here. Thirteen years of watching people learn turned out to be the right preparation for exactly that.

The long version is in the transformation story.

The part I care about most

At work, I try to be easy to talk to. Designers come to me for advice, sometimes about work and sometimes about their own lives, and I genuinely try to help. Of everything I do, that's the part I care about most.

Seven colleagues smiling in the studio, each holding up a handmade card

A big group of colleagues laughing around a long restaurant table at a team dinner

Playing an acoustic guitar in the studio while a colleague flashes a peace sign

Three designers working side by side at a shared desk by the window

Games, mostly for two

I don't have a single favourite game. I just keep playing. My home genre is heavy action/adventure: Uncharted, Last of Us, Call of Duty, Battlefield, God of War, Ghost of Tsushima. I am currently playing Spiderman 2 and waiting eagerly for GTA VI.

The games I love most, though, are the ones for two. My husband and I play co-op games together at home, and so do friends when they come over. It Takes Two was one of those, Mario Kart is our absolute favorite for group gaming, and right now it's Split Fiction, which I'm really loving.

Outside work

I'm a photographer too.

An African fish eagle perched on a bare branch against a cloudy blue sky

A leopard climbing head-first down a tree trunk

A cheetah sitting alert in long grass, with other cheetahs resting around it

An elephant grazing in tall grass, with an orange sunset over the plains behind it

A small herd of elephants walking through green grassland, a young one in front

A vervet monkey sitting on a rock, looking off to one side

I also paint in watercolour, something I taught myself. I love how quick it is, and how much it leaves to the viewer: a few loose strokes, and your eye fills in the rest, so even a quick sketch feels complete.

Watercolour study of small groups of people walking, their long shadows falling across the page

Watercolour of a lone cabin on a low hill under a sweeping, cloudy sky

Watercolour of billowing clouds over a calm, distant shoreline

Watercolour of a country path between green fields, with trees under a blue sky

I'm also a cat dad to four, and they're almost my whole life. It goes beyond the ones at home: I spent a good part of my younger years doing what I could to help animals, wild ones as well as pets.

A tabby cat sitting upright on a desk, ears forward — Sotu

A tortoiseshell cat lying close to the camera, one paw stretched toward the lens — CJ

A tortoiseshell cat curled up beside a plant pot on a shelf — Coco

A tabby cat peeking out from behind a cat-tree post, green eyes catching the sunlight — Cece

And I'm a monsoon person. It's my favourite season, when I go on long drives to the seasonal waterfalls that appear in and around where I live and grew up. They're beautiful every single year. I love beaches a little more than mountains, but I still make plenty of mountain trips.

Monsoon rain beading on a window, dark trees blurred behind it

A seasonal monsoon waterfall spilling over rocks, framed by green leaves

Sitting on a rocky hilltop, looking out over a long coastline and the sea

Two people hiking up a snow-covered slope below a line of pine trees

My full work history lives on LinkedIn. And if you want to talk, my email is below.