Maria Hristoforova
Human Interface Designer at Apple
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMaria Hristoforova is a Human Interface Designer based in San Francisco with a decade of experience blending graphic design foundations and front-end development to shape scalable design systems and product interfaces. After formal training in Graphic & Media Design at UAL and studies at USC, she progressed through product design roles at Uber—focusing on payments and design systems—and now contributes to interface work at Apple. She researches practical applications of machine learning and AI for personalized UIs, pairing a traditional print-oriented background with a strong curiosity for code and JavaScript. An active speaker and mentor at design-tech events, she also collaborates with brands on social content and brings a traveler’s perspective to user-centered storytelling. Notably, her career demonstrates a rare bridge between analogue craft and modern interface engineering, making her adept at translating aesthetic detail into usable, system-level design.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Graphic Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts - BFA Graphic Design at University of Southern CaliforniaBachelor of Arts - BA Graphic and Media Design, Bachelor of Arts - BA Graphic and Media Design at University of the Arts LondonProfessional Qualification Computer Software Engineering, Professional Qualification Computer Software Engineering at Software University (SoftUni)High School Mathematics and Computer Science, High School Mathematics and Computer Science at Sofia High School of Mathematics
German, English, Bulgarian
Github Skills (4)
asp-net-mvc9
csharp7
django6
javascript6
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mhristoforova/Desiphic
Dec 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:21 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 10 months
mhristoforova/iGEM
Oct 2016 - Oct 2016
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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