About
Emily Zhang, the Human.
I believe design should embrace human nature and let people be people. Design should accept the strange, sometimes spontaneous, and often illogical way humans make decisions. In line with that, here I want you to get to know me less as Emily Zhang the Designer, but more as Emily Zhang the Human. Because at the end of the day all Designers are Human.
I graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a B.S. in Business Psychology and a minor in Design. Although I started off my career as a designer, I quickly realized that my interests lie in research. I currently work as a UX Researcher II for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan. Some of my strengths lie in my knowledge of and experience with marketing, judgement and decision making, scientific research, and human development to name a few.
I enjoy traveling, especially solo traveling. My first solo trip was to Japan and South Korea after graduating high school, but since then I have also been to Costa Rica and Italy. Next on my list is Iceland and Australia.