headshot of the website creator smiling and waving on a neon green-colored background in the shape of a flower.

Hey there, I’m Stephanie– professional pixel wrangler and bug maker.

In other words, I'm a digital designer and front-end developer. I also write and illustrate sometimes. Welcome to my little corner of the internet!

Selected Projects

project cover showing the topper design for SF Chronicle's Top 100 Restaurant List

03.31.25

Top 100 Restaurants 2025

[design + development]. A ranked list from Chronicle food critics on where to eat in the Bay Area. I designed and built core features of the guide, including the topper and map. I also collaborated with three other designers to come up with the overall vision for the list.

project cover showing the topper design for the California College Admissions Guide Project

10.01.2024

California College Admissions Guide

[branding + design + development]. A data-driven guide to UC, CSU and community college admissions with a new subscription model. I helped Hearst DevHub’s director of visual storytelling develop the overall design and organization of the guide. I then built several features on this product including a timeline that automatically updates.

project cover showing illustrations for the Japantown project

04.03.2024

Japantown Incarceration

[editing + design + development]. An analysis and visualization of how Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 affected San Francisco's Japantown. I was the main designer and developer on this project where I played a key role in the structuring the topper, selecting photos and determining the general design direction.

project cover showing the topper design for the Oakes project

09.19.2023

The Killing of Richard Oakes

[animation + design + development]. A multimedia piece diving into the story of Native-American activist Richard Oakes and how the justice system failed him. I helped with the overall design of the page and pitched the photography treatment. Working with another developer, I also animated the illustrations from our graphic artist and built the infrastructure for the page.

project cover showing the pasta shap gallery from the pasta project

04.06.2023

Pasta Dictionary

[design + development]. A browseable encyclopedia of 50 pasta shapes and their origins. I pitched and helped organize a design sprint with the design, food and visuals teams to conceptualize the format of the project. I then synthesized the ideas for the design team and built the dictionary component using D3 and React.