Mentorship
Designers who can defend their decisions.
Most design education teaches tools. Very little of it teaches you how to explain why you made a choice, which is the thing you’ll be assessed on for the rest of your career. That gap is most of what I work on.
Designers trained across 15+ cohorts
UX Research Mentor globally, ADPList Q1 2026
One-to-one mentees
How I approach it
I’m not going to tell you it’s good.
The most useful thing I can do in an hour is tell you the truth about where your work stands and why. That’s not the same as being harsh. It means being specific enough that you know exactly what to change.
I taught over a thousand people through Women Techsters and Garden Academy, and the pattern was consistent: the students who improved fastest were the ones being asked whymost often. So that’s what these sessions are. Questions, mostly.
What we can do.
Portfolio review
One session. I read it the way a hiring manager does — fast, sceptical, looking for a reason to stop. Then I tell you what I found and what to do about it.
Mock interview
A real portfolio walkthrough with real follow-up questions. Most people discover their work is fine and their explanation isn't.
Career strategy
For when the question isn't how to improve, it's which direction. Usually one or two sessions, sometimes ongoing.
Ongoing 1:1
Monthly, for people working through something long — a transition, a step up, a first senior role.
Book a session.
Sessions run through ADPList, which handles scheduling and keeps them free. If nothing’s available, email me and I’ll find a slot.
Or start here
The things I wish someone had told me earlier.
Every couple of weeks. Usually something I got wrong first. Subscribers get the object-mapping worksheet I actually use.