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Apart from being a college student, Patricia actively participates in design communities, designathons, and volunteer opportunities to use design and design research to create impactful, user-centric solutions. Currently, she is a product design team member at [https://designbuddies.community/ Design Buddies], a UX/Beta Testing team member at the [https://youthlit.org/ American Youth Literacy Foundation] (AYLF), and a UX/UI committee member at the [https://icde.co/ Innovation Center for Design Excellence] (ICDE).

From a young age, Patricia had a strong interest in creative projects and roles. Her high school art classes and experience as her yearbook committee's lead designer & editor influenced her decision to explore more artistic endeavors, such as painting a permanent mural for her high school and designing an art piece for the San Jose International Airport.

During the summer of her junior year in high school, Patricia was selected into the [https://www.csssa.ca.gov/ California State Summer School of the Arts] (CSSSA) program at the [https://calarts.edu/ California Institute of the Arts] (CalArts). After the program, she became a CSSSA Scholar and used her knowledge in art principles and digital media softwares to pursue a career in art and design.

Patricia served multiple positions on her university's [https://csufaicc.wordpress.com/ Arts Interclub Council] (AICC), a council that provides funding and resources for over 20+ student organizations within the [https://www.fullerton.edu/arts/ CSUF College of the Arts]. During her sophomore year, Patricia was an Arts Week Events Coordinator and helped curate events and activities for the annual Arts Week, a week-long event to celebrate all art-related fields and disciplines. During her junior year, she was elected as the Vice Chair/Financial Officer and managed all the budgeting and transactions for student organizations. During her senior year, she was elected as Chair of the council and conducted meetings using [https://robertsrules.com/ Robert's Rules], represented her council at ASI Board of Director meetings, and advocated for the budget increases to support the council's student organizations' events and activities.

As a University Innovative Fellow in 2017, Patricia worked closely with Yumi and Chalisa to revitalize [[Priorities:California State University of Fullerton Student Priorities|Student Innovation Collective]] (SINC), a club created by previous UIF Fellows. As their UIF project, Patricia, Yumi and Chalisa focused on recruiting students interested in tackling social challenges through design innovation and equipping them with design thinking skills, resources, and projects. They organized design thinking workshops, activities (referenced from UIF stokes), and field trips to learn more about user-centric innovation and problem-solving. Patricia was SINC's Creative Director and was responsible for creative marketing materials, workshop materials, and brainstorming creative club activities and events.

In Spring 2017, Patricia participated in raising money and organizing a design thinking conference called SINCing Out Loud in Irvine, CA. The conference was inspired by the UIF Silicon Valley Meetup and was free and open-to-all students, faculty, and the public. SINCing Out Loud contained design thinking workshops and activities that encouraged group collaboration and guest speakers to inspire the attendees. This event culminated all the knowledge and lessons learned from UIF and SINC, allowing Patricia's cohort to share their UIF experiences and learnings to the public.

Patricia loves to run, ski, explore new places, and spend time with her labradoodle. She enjoys TV shows on Netflix such as Stranger Things and Community and loves watching movies (especially popular franchises such as Marvel and Star Wars). She enjoys music and curating playlists that go with certain moods or days.

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