Hi, I'm Paula 🌻

I’m a product designer who enjoys figuring out what to build as much as how it should work. I've led design across consumer and enterprise products, from clinical tools and field operations to grant management, employer benefits, and experiences for families.

I've been the first designer at a startup and led work on established products, often starting with ambiguous problems and using research, data, and AI-assisted prototypes to bring people into the process early. I like connecting the dots, challenging assumptions, and finding opportunities that might otherwise get overlooked.

That curiosity also led me to design and build StoryTime, a storytelling app for kids and caregivers. It's my way of learning AI-native product design hands-on, exploring how technology can encourage play and connection while keeping the experience safe and human.

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Color Health

Unifying patient communications, triage, and follow-up

Care teams were piecing together messages, tasks, and patient context across multiple tools, making triage and handoffs harder than they needed to be. I led research and design of a Communications Hub, connecting these workflows and introducing reusable patterns that made relevant information easier to find and act on.
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Color Health

Turning breast cancer awareness into personalized next steps

A breast cancer campaign needed to support patients with different risk profiles, but the underlying clinical model didn't account for every possible path. I led the design from campaign entry through risk results and recommended next steps, making sensitive information easier to understand while creating a cohesive experience across marketing and product.
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StoryTime - Independent side project

Building StoryTime around how kids actually tell stories

I designed and built StoryTime to help kids and caregivers create stories together, without the screen taking over. Testing with toddlers and caregivers led me to rethink the original flow around more natural, child-led storytelling. I built the app using Figma and Cursor, designing AI-supported prompts and personalized keepsakes with safety guardrails.
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Sprinter Health

Redesigning how in-home visits are staffed and scheduled

Clinical managers were coordinating visits across spreadsheets, lengthy records, and manual assignment steps. As Sprinter's first designer, I used clinician ride-alongs, workflow mapping, and usability testing to redesign how teams prepare for visits, manage availability, and assign clinicians, bringing scattered work into a clearer scheduling experience.
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Primary.Health

Giving clinicians one place to manage their cases

Clinicians were managing cases across fragmented workflows, with limited visibility into status, priorities, and next steps. I led research and redesigned case management to bring related information and actions together, reducing manual coordination and making the experience easier to scale across clients.
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Primary.Health

Replacing spreadsheets with a grant-management platform

A public health client was managing grants through spreadsheets, manual data entry, and scattered communication, without a clear product direction. I stepped into both product and design responsibilities, defining requirements, aligning stakeholders, and working with three engineers to launch a centralized platform in three months.
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