Being a product designer is a lot like being a basketball coach.
They provide organization to an interface, creating a design language within a system.
I just completed my six-month assignment in the Peace Corps Response program in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
Product designers create user experiences for online platforms based on business goals and development realities.
As designers, our skill set comes with a lot of responsibility. We have the power to promote social change, we have the responsibility to represent our clients.
It’s meant to serve as the great equalizer, giving a voice to people across the world, despite geographical location or monetary status, creating communication by finding solutions for issues of accessibility and affordability.
The SMARTSistas ICT Camp for Girls is part of a wider Peace Corps initiative, Let Girls Learn.
I know you’re thinking, didn’t you already do the Peace Corps in Albania or something? Why yes, for two and a half years, I lived and worked in a small mountain town in northern Albania. But this is different.
I soon realized there’s a lot of pressure being a college teacher, the thought of having to actually fail a student terrified me.
Our project plan is to renovate the basketball courts in the middle of town by having a clean-up day for the community, replacing the basketball goals and rims and painting the area.