Summary
Darren Li is an instructor and creative technologist with 10 years of experience blending art, education, and conversational AI design. Based in Sunnyvale, he has taught across K–12 and special education settings, built learner-centered arts curricula, and brought accessibility-first practices to classroom and product design. More recently he designed dialogue systems and VUIs—writing natural-sounding bot personas, creating AI training data, and iterating on UX from session logs to improve performance. Darren’s work emphasizes storytelling and cross-cultural communication, applying project-based pedagogy to both students and chatbot users. Known for pragmatic collaboration and a drive to “keep moving,” he combines hands-on design in Figma and AI tooling with a commitment to equity and accessibility. An educator at heart, he translates human-centered narratives into more inclusive digital experiences.
10 years of coding experience
Master of Education - MEd Education, Master of Education - MEd Education at UC Santa Barbara