Who am I, really?

Hi, I’m Jesslyn! I grew up between Indonesia and Singapore before finding my way to Berkeley, where I’m now a junior studying Data Science and Design Innovation.

I’m a product designer and design engineer who learned most of what I know by crafting and building. I love designing and shipping things that make people’s lives easier, happier, and funner.

At Cal, I’ve found a home in the design community and spent a lot of my time with organizations working to make design more accessible. I’ve been lucky to be a part of Cal Blueprint (opens in a new tab), Mobile Developers of Berkeley (opens in a new tab), Blockchain at Berkeley (opens in a new tab), and Berkeleytime (opens in a new tab).

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Jesslyn on the Brooklyn Bridge at night, wearing white earmuffs, with the Manhattan skyline behind her
My first time in New York, at Christmas. It was way too cold (I did not expect that at all), but so beautiful.
Jesslyn at a café table sipping an iced matcha, with framed cat drawings on the wall behind her
Matcha at a cat café. The cats kept trying to get to me because they wanted my matcha too.

What I’ve been up to

I just wrapped up my internship at Mirage (opens in a new tab), a startup building AI models that generate and edit video. Now I’m designing a trail accessibility app for BORP (opens in a new tab), a Bay Area nonprofit, through Cal Blueprint.

Outside of school, I love traveling and saying yes to things I’ve never tried before. I went skydiving not too long ago, and I just ranked my 100th restaurant on Beli (opens in a new tab) 🍜

A long table covered in salami, cheese, crackers and grapes laid out in the shape of the Cal Blueprint logo, with hands reaching in
A charcuterie board we built in the shape of Blueprint’s logo.
Jesslyn and seven Cal Blueprint teammates in BORP volunteer lanyards, posing in front of a bulletin board under a staircase
Volunteering at BORP’s expo with my Blueprint team. BORP is the nonprofit I’m designing for this semester.
Jesslyn grinning wide-eyed as she holds up a round tray of Korean banchan around a bowl of bulgogi, in a busy restaurant
Finding the best Korean food ever.
Jesslyn, blurred mid-spin, on white salt flats at dusk with a blue sky and an orange sunset on the horizon
Running around the salt flats.

Let’s chat!

If you’re working on something cool, or just want to talk design, food, or travel, I’d love to hear from you ۶ৎ

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