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Human needs inspire me—while an optimism that inclusive, empowering experiences & teamwork are always an option, what drives me. Design excellence and craft co-existing within implementation constraints and through cross-functional collaboration, is my daily north-star. I lead through collaboration and by example. Embracing the beautiful mess of human needs meeting business opportunities at-scale, will always be my favorite design problem. 

ninavizz is my universal handle, as well as my gmail. My public PGP key is advised for sensitive matters. My pronouns are she/her.

I live with my partner and two mischievous cats on a tree farm at the base of Mt Hood, in rural Oregon; which has been a delightful midlife change after 20+ years in the San Francisco Bay Area. I enjoy travel, CrossFit, outdoor adventure, and taking-in the Milky Way on clear nights from home.  I also co-lead Portland’s IxDA chapter, and am still gunning for that elusive gig driving a snowcat groomer at 2am on the slopes of Mt. Hood.

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