Hello, I’m Annette!

I'm an undergrad from the Bay Area, California studying Computer Science & Advertising at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign passionate about creativity, technology, and community.

A golden sunset over the hills
A colorful evening sky
A black-and-white portrait of Annette
A small fluffy dog
Annette holding a camera outside

EDUCATION ➴

CS + Advertising @ UIUC

Minor in Game Studies & Design

August 2025–Present

SKILLS & SOFTWARE ➴

✐ UI/UX, product design, video editing, motion graphics, 3d modeling, sound design, music production, photography, videography

⌘ Figma, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Lightroom, Blender, FL Studio, Procreate ✦ Java, C++, React, HTML

Inspirations

Experiences

  1. Product Designer @ Hack4Impact

    February 2026 – Present

  2. Design Lead @ HackIllinois

    July 2026 – Present

  3. Founding Designer @ CAVLRY

    April 2026–Present

  4. Software Engineer Intern @ Savant Labs

    May 2026 – Present

no matter the project, i’ll bring ambitious creativity.
i find value in the process, and am willing to learn anything while applying my past creative experiences.

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Capturing Nostalgia

and living out my childhood dreams!

I'm an undergrad from the Bay Area, California studying Computer Science & Advertising at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

I'm drawn to digital experiences that resonate and linger even after the screen turns off. I aim to create work that people remember, not just use, chasing the same quiet, emotional spark that lives in a perfect chord or a striking visual.

That mindset started early: cracking open websites with Ctrl+Shift+I, building games in Scratch, layering sounds in GarageBand, designing slides in Keynote, and editing “films” in iMovie. Those creative experiments became the foundation of my toolbox, giving me a way to explore ideas, follow my curiosity, and turn inspiration into something worth sharing.

Off the screen, I'm still creating: through music at the piano, photography behind the lens, or memories while chasing sunrises at new viewpoints.

Annette.

As soon as I got access to a computer, I was cracking open websites with Ctrl+Shift+I, building games in Scratch, layering sounds in GarageBand, designing slides in Keynote, and editing “films” in iMovie.

This was elementary school, then when I was 9 I said my dream was to be a computer scientist.

While sometimes studying computer science now feels like I was an art kid whose dreams were crushed by the tech boom, I believe it truly was my dream.

Before I knew about what made money, I knew I wanted to be a computer scientist. Because the same way I could explore and create in iMovie, I could with code.