Jessy has over a decade of industry experience working as a product designer across platforms and sectors. Prior to Magic Leap, she worked with organizations committed to imaginging better systems like Collective Future, IDEO CoLab, Acumen Academy, Autodesk, Sidewalk Labs (an Alphabet company), Mayor Eric Garcetti's innovation team, and YC '15 health tech startup Akido Labs. She believes in the value of participatory design practices and is an advocate of strategic foresight as an approach to innovate responsibly within large organizations and communities.
Her personal design practice anticipates near-future implications of emerging technologies by engaging with communities and prototyping platforms and co-creation tools. As part of her decolonizing AR work, she co-organized a weekend-long Decolonialathon sponsored by Niantic.
In her spare time, Jessy mentors women looking to get into the XR space. She also recently founded the AWE Nite Mexico City chapter.
Recent Work
2021 Designing AR platform experiences for Magic Leap 2
2020 Designing a community chatbot service and ensuring quality UX/UI for Acumen Academy.
2020 Producing new stories & prototypes for Sidewalk Labs’ Collab.
2020 Prototyping unplate as an IDEO CoLab Fellow during a remote design sprint for COVID-19
2020 Co-running a remote workshop called Blips of the Pluriverse — Prototyping a Virtual Cosmology Toolkit for CultureHub ReFest 2020.
Community Building
2023 Founded the AWE Nite - Mexico City chapter, first in latin america
2022 Co-organized a Decolonialathon with a Niantic grant, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Co-organizer, Speculative Futures LA Meetup, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Co-lead, Decolonizing AR NAVEL Assembly, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Outreach Volunteer, Chinatown Sustainability Dialogue Group, Los Angeles, CA
Speaking Engagements
2024 AWE 2024, “Building for Beginners: UX Fundamentals for any XR App,” Long Beach, CA
2021 Design Research Society “Decolonizing AR”,virtual
2020 Co-presenter, “Decolonizing AR,” NAVEL Q2 Assemblies Group Presentation, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Guest Lecturer, “PLANNAR,” UCLA School of Public Affairs Urban Design Dept, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Presenter, “PLANNAR: Co-Visioning with AR,” Association of Professional Futurists FuturesFest, Virtual Conference
2019 Guest Lecturer, “PLANNAR,” ArtCenter College of Design Interaction Design Dept, Pasadena, CA
2019 Lightning Talk Speaker, “PLANNAR: Co-Visioning with AR,” Refactor Camp, Santa Monica, CA
2018 Co-presenter, “MotionXR,” sp[a]ce gallery, Pasadena, CA
2018 Co-presenter, “Future of Work Scenarios,” Theater Sessions, Autodesk University, Bellagio, Las Vegas, CA
Exhibitions
2019 “PLANNAR 2.0,” “Floating Signifiers” Exhibition, Glendale Tech Week, Glendale, CA
2019 “PLANNAR,” Primer Conference Emerging Designer Exhibition, Parsons School of Design, New York City, NY
2019 “PLANNAR,” ArtCenter College of Design Grad Show, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA
Workshops
2020 “Blips of the Pluriverse: Prorotyping AR Cosmologies,” CultureHub ReFest, The Vortex, Los Angeles, CA
2019 “Co-visioning with AR,” Glendale Tech Week, Glendale, CA
Awards
2018 People’s Choice Award for “MotionXR,” Primer Conference, San Francisco, CA
2017 Thesis Scholarship Recipient, Graduate Media Design Practices Dept, ArtCenter College of Design
2017 SLED Scholarship Recipient, ArtCenter College of Design
2017 1st Place TechStars Startup Weekend for “AiSite”
Fellowships/Internships
2020 IDEO CoLab Fellow
2019 Design Researcher, Collective Future, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Designmatters Fellow, i-team, Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Office of Budget & Innovation, City of Los Angeles
2018 Strategic Foresight Intern, Autodesk Office of the CTO, Corporate Strategy, San Francisco, CA
Education
2019 MFA, Media Design Practices, ArtCenter College of Design
2014 B.S. Architectural Studies, University of Southern California