I'm Bella, a product designer in Manila who went from art direction, team leadership, and mentoring junior designers at Canva to four years of product design at a US-based EdTech company, Everyday Speech. I thrive in companies building for people who just need to get the job done, whether that's designing without a design background or teaching without hours of prep. That has carried into how I work. I care as much about how something looks and feels as whether it actually solves the problem.

I'm the teammate people describe as calm, collaborative, and genuinely fun to work with. The one who keeps things steady when a sprint gets chaotic and still finds something to laugh about. I love whiteboard sessions and messy brainstorms just as much as I love the quiet focus of refining an interaction until it feels right. Outside of work, you'll find me discovering a new cafe, singing way too loud in my apartment, or negotiating with my very opinionated Russian Blue cat named Polly.