Hey There —
My name is Jennifer, but you can call me Jenny or Bean 🥜*.
I’m a cross-cultural creative from Tokyo 🗼 with roots in Honolulu🏝.
Some fun facts about me: my siblings and I co-founded
COLLISION,
a music event 🎛️ bringing Japanese and US artists together.
My matcha 🍵 consumption ↑ the summer I interned for
Matchabar.
I published a
paper on eating larvae 🐛 with Dr. Paul Rozin.
I like to ferment things .
My middle name, Etsuko —pronounced /ɛtsukow/ — means joy child in Japanese. I like to "shred the gnar" and "chase the pow" ⛷️.
And I like running
(s/o Northeast Track Club, TrackMafia, and LDN SLCT).
Some fun facts about me: my siblings and I co-founded
*Yes, I know that’s a peanut, but the bean emoji is not available on all versions, and peanuts are in the legume family anyway
Experience & Education
Skills
Adobe CC, Figma, SQL, Java, Appian SAIL, OCaml, Agile PM + Jira
MSc in Human-Computer Interaction, University College London
Education
2022 - 2023
Federal Technical Consultant, Appian
Work
2020 - 2022
BA in Cognitive Science, University of Pennsylvania
Education
2016 - 2020
Minors in Digital Design & Consumer Psychology