My Story

I had to relearn
everything.

A stroke in 2015 affected my mobility on the right side of my body and impacted my speech. However, it could not take away my expertise in designing and building great websites.

My Story and Values

Early 2015

The Stroke

In 2015, I suffered a sudden stroke that changed my life overnight. I lost mobility on the right side of my body and was unable to speak clearly.

Overnight, the digital tools I relied on daily turned into major obstacles. Basic actions like typing and using a mouse became incredibly difficult, and I spent hours struggling with complex interfaces that failed to accommodate my needs.

2015 to 2018

The Rebuild

Prior to my stroke, I had a long career designing and building software. I believed I fully understood web usability, but my experience proved me wrong.

Rebuilding my skills forced me to experience the web the way millions of individuals with disabilities do: as a landscape of digital barriers. I encountered confusing labels, tiny buttons impossible to target with one hand, voice recognition software unable to understand speech impairments, and online forms that timed out before I could finish filling them out.

These weren't rare exceptions. They were the default user experience.

2018

The Insight

Any website that fails users when they need it most is fundamentally broken.

"Every hard-to-use dropdown, every poor label, and every auto-playing video with no pause button is a choice. I started building websites that make different, better choices."

Now

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As a designer by trade and a stroke survivor by experience, I approach web development with deep empathy, creating websites built by someone who knows exactly how vital accessibility is.

Every site is built with the single question other builders forget to ask: who gets left out if we build it the standard way?

My Rehabilitation

My stroke impacted my physical movement, walking stability, and speech. Rather than stopping me, these challenges provided me with a unique perspective on design.

This experience ultimately made me a better developer. Today, I specialize in building inclusive websites that are usable by everyone, particularly individuals navigating daily life with disabilities.

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Web Designer by Nature

Throughout my career, rehabilitation, and current work, design has remained at the center of my thinking. I focus on clean composition, visual hierarchy, and structural clarity in every project.

Great design is not merely decorative; it is the foundation that makes a website intuitive and easy to understand.

Three Values I Build By

Promise-keeping. Websites must function exactly as promised, consistently, for every visitor.
Honest communication. No jargon. Plain language is a design choice.
Design for everyone. Build for the hardest case first. Everyone else benefits too.

Want to build something
that keeps its promise?

Tell me about the challenges you are facing, and I will be direct about how I can help.

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