Summary
Francesca Sawaya is a Senior Content Designer at Cisco with nine years of experience crafting narratives that bridge design, storytelling, and technology. She brings a filmmaker’s sensibility to structuring compelling explanations of complex systems, and she designs tools and teaches others how to use them more humanely. Her background spans multimedia production, education and program management—from TV production and UN information management to leading STEM education programs at NYC FIRST. Francesca explores creative tech intersections such as the WeavingXCoding project, investigating links between textile practice and computational thinking. Based in New York, she combines hands-on prototyping in smart textiles with strategic content work for enterprise products. Her portfolio reflects a rare mix of storytelling craft, instructional design, and creative-technical experimentation.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Communications, Bachelor's degree, Communications at Universidad de Lima
M.P.S. Interactive Telecommunications Program, Interactive Telecommunications Program, M.P.S. Interactive Telecommunications Program, Interactive Telecommunications Program at New York University
Exchange Program Student, Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians, Exchange Program Student, Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians at Universidad de Salamanca
Spanish, English