Hi, I'm Sayli — product designer crafting thoughtful digital experiences by blending my startup roots with ✎storytelling, ✧community-driven research, and a dose of stubborn optimism.
Currently UX Designer @GT FinTech Lab, Previously at MS-HCI 2025 @Georgia Tech
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Here's how I bring that mix to —

education,
devtools,
finance
and
community
Education

Working at a school management startup introduced me to the systems behind education—now I’m leveraging AI thoughtfully to make learning more engaging.

Capstone project with

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Illustration of how the project on improving reading comprehension works. When an element of the reading is highlighted, it can be dragged into categories like characters, events, settings. A reading assistant can help them with more such prompting. Game elements are used to make this experience more engaging

Designing for Active Reading

Conceptualised a narrative-driven reading game that helps middle schoolers learn and practice reading comprehension strategies leveraging AI for prompting, categorization, and adaptive gameplay

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DevTools

With a background in computer science, I love designing tools that support how developers think, build, and solve problems.

Website Redesign Project with Microsoft's

Illustration of how the project on improving reading comprehension works. When an element of the reading is highlighted, it can be dragged into categories like characters, events, settings. A reading assistant can help them with more such prompting. Game elements are used to make this experience more engaging

Increasing developer efficiency by 55%

Improved the information architecture, search, and data visualization of Microsoft’s Accessibility Insights tool to streamline how developers report accessibility testing results.

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FinTech

I currently work at the GT Financial Services Innovation Lab, using generative AI to support better decision-making in banking, lending, and wealth management.

Illustration of how the project on improving reading comprehension works. When an element of the reading is highlighted, it can be dragged into categories like characters, events, settings. A reading assistant can help them with more such prompting. Game elements are used to make this experience more engaging

Streamlining Loan Decisions

Led a project from research into financial documents to a working prototype—building a AI-powered dashboard that helps loan officers visualise complex data.

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Community

I’m curious how design shapes communities and how communities, in turn, shape design.

Illustration of how the project on improving reading comprehension works. When an element of the reading is highlighted, it can be dragged into categories like characters, events, settings. A reading assistant can help them with more such prompting. Game elements are used to make this experience more engaging

I studied how Instagram’s design affects news trust among young adults, and proposed actionable design recommendations.

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