From Law to Design: My Journey to UX​

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I've always had a passion for communication, and I love the challenge of solving real-world problems. This passion led me to pursue a career in law: I believed that by taking this route, especially with my particular  interest in Immigration Law, that I'd be able to make a tangible difference in real people's lives.

As I got further and further down this path, I realized that while I deeply cared about the work I was doing and the people I was doing it for, this wasn't the field for me. This realization just so happened in early 2020, and after making the decision to pivot from law, I began to explore what else out there might be a better fit for me.

With more free time on my hands during the pandemic, I created a cooking blog called Sear & Simmer as a passion project where I shared my recipes, photos, and general love for cooking. I started out by just sharing photos on Instagram of foods I've enjoyed, and soon after that, I launched my own website. This way, I could also help people discover new foods, show them how to prepare their own meals, and truly enjoy every part of the cooking journey from finding a recipe to searing on the stove. 

 

It was while I was designing this site and really starting to dedicate myself to making it the best it could be, that I had that "aha!" moment: I realized that what I was doing - researching, solutioning, designing, and developing content - was UX design, and this could be so much more than just a hobby.