I am a human-centered designer, metalsmith, listener, and creator. I greatly value experiencing life in others' shoes and use my design skills to catalyze that empathy into change.

I am a natural leader & collaborator and thrive in complex problem spaces of human experience and interaction, which led me to create an individualized major in Human-Centered Design at Claremont McKenna College '21 and work on improving patient and physician experience at The Permanente Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente.

In my free time you can find me making music (previously as the co-president of The After School Specials A Cappella group), sewing clothes, backpacking, dipping in the San Francisco bay, or reading a fascinating person's autobiography.

a.zimsmith1@gmail.com
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