Now:
UX/UI · Front-End · Content Design
I'm Huiying, a UX/UI designer who also builds the front end. I take information that is hard to use, such as satellite hazard data or a semester of medical anthropology reading, and turn it into interfaces people can understand and use to decide what to do next. Based in Houston, open to UX/UI roles.
View My UX WorkSelected UX Work
Public NASA, NOAA, USGS, and EPA observations about fire, flood, heat, drought, air, and volcanoes, explained in plain English with their sources attached. Deterministic code interprets the evidence; the AI only phrases it. 16 live data sources, 1,780 automated tests.
View Case Study3rd Place Handshake × OpenAI Codex Creator Challenge 2026 · 1,500+ submissions
An open-source atlas of 14 dragon and serpent traditions, from the Chinese long to Jormungandr, with side-by-side comparison, bilingual entries, 46 reviewed references, and an AI Oracle limited to the atlas's own sources.
View Case Study
Best Use of Technology IBM Global AI Builders Challenge (June) · 80 qualified submissions
A World Cup 2026 companion for first-time viewers: six features that explain the match, the rules, and the referee's decisions in plain English. Built as a two-stage pipeline, with web search gathering current facts before a second model writes the explanation.
View Case StudyAn interactive field atlas of culture, illness, and care: 17 cases and 10 concepts from medical anthropology on a rotating globe, with a Comparison Lab, scoped AI guides, and a printable Bookmark Workshop. My senior capstone, with 57 reviewed sources.
View Case Study
A browser-based Mars mission for STEM learners. Students inspect real NASA observations, labeled apart from the fictional teaching rules, then write and revise a plan. GPT-5.6 reviews the reasoning; code guards the facts.
View Case Study
A tool that turns up to ten artworks and a short brief into a walkable 3D exhibition, with AI-proposed rooms, labels, and a guided tour, then exports it as a static site the artist can publish anywhere. Built for the AI Builders Challenge with IBM Bob.
View Case Study
Featured Product Hunt · OpenAI Day 2026
A mobile app for introverts that saves the few details you remember from a conversation and brings them back before the next one. Guided questions or a freeform note; no scores, no streaks.
View Case Study
A Windows tool that turns whatever the computer is playing, such as lectures, meetings, or livestreams, into live Traditional Chinese subtitles with Taiwanese wording. Two switchable engines, optional transcripts and summaries. I use it every day; most of its fixes came from that use.
View Case Study
Reorganizing program information and registration pages for Houston's oldest nonprofit Chinese school, from staff interviews to Figma designs and a WordPress handoff. Internship project; the organization has since redesigned the site.
View Case Study
A bilingual meal helper for Chinese users in the U.S. that keeps seven days of meal logs and preferences and suggests what to eat next, with rules you can trace. The original MVP; a redesign is planned.
View Case Study
A usability analysis of my own KitchenAid espresso machine using Norman's principles, and a browser prototype of a redesigned control panel with labeled controls, visible temperature settings, and a low-water lockout.
View Case StudySmall games and interactive experiments.
About
Two projects explain what I do. Sky to Porch takes public hazard observations published for scientists and turns them into plain-English answers with their sources attached. Ways of Healing takes a semester of medical anthropology reading and turns it into an atlas anyone can wander. Both started the same way: information I found valuable but hard to use, and the question of what a person would need in order to act on it.
My process starts with what the person needs to decide, then moves from structure to detail: information architecture, interaction decisions, usability checks, and visual refinement. I design in Figma and build in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, so the decisions on screen are decisions I can also implement.
This site was built in collaboration with AI; the design decisions, content, and direction are mine.
Contact
I'm open to full-time UX/UI design roles, including positions that combine design with front-end work. If you are hiring, or want to talk about one of these projects, send a message.
Send a message
