Leah Michalson
Owner & Principal UX UI Designer at Borns Design
Ashland, Oregon, United States
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Top SchoolLeah Michalson is an Owner & Principal UX/UI Designer with eight years of experience blending product design, engineering, and sustainability-minded thinking to build intuitive, accessible platforms and workflow tools. She led provider-facing design at Hinge Health, driving measurable efficiency gains (40% for coaches, 24% for PTs) while scaling a cross-platform design system and embedding research-led, systems-thinking practices. As a former software engineer and full-stack bootcamp grad, Leah partners fluently with dev teams to move concepts from prototype to production and iterate post-launch. Her freelance and agency work spans responsive web, mobile apps, and high-impact marketing campaigns—often improving engagement and accessibility metrics. Based in Ashland, Oregon, she brings a practical conservation background and an interest in sustainability to product work, favoring community-driven and workflow-centered solutions.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Sustainable Business, Certificate Sustainable Business at Pinchot UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Natural Resources Management, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Natural Resources Management at Grand Valley State UniversityCertificate UX/UI Design, Certificate UX/UI Design at Thinkful
EnglishProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
LeahBorns/LeahMichalson.github.io
Jul 2020 - Oct 2024
Contributions:18 PRs, 95 pushes, 8 branches in 4 years 3 months
reacttypescriptux-portfolio
LeahBorns/upbeat-atlas-artist-finder-songkick-api-capstone
Aug 2017 - Sep 2017
Contributions:39 commits, 36 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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