Sarah D
Freelance UX Consultant at Goodwill Industries International
College Park, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolSarah D is a freelance UX consultant and strategic project manager with 11 years of experience designing human-centered research and communication programs for large nonprofit and federal clients. She has led complex usability and research efforts for agencies like CDC, NIH, and SAMHSA—running large-scale tests (100+ pages, 300+ participants) and tailoring findings for both technical and executive audiences. Skilled at stakeholder engagement, she connects cross-functional teams, mitigates risk, and documents repeatable workflows to ensure continuity across long-term projects. Her background managing communications and intranet experiences for 7,000+ users gives her a rare blend of user research rigor and practical product delivery. Sarah holds an MS in Human-Computer Interaction from the University of Maryland and is Nielsen Norman Group–certified, and she has applied DEI-minded hiring and recruitment practices to reduce bias in research and staffing. Colleagues describe her as a connector who translates complex research into actionable, audience-first solutions.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Human-Computer Interaction, Master of Science - MS Human-Computer Interaction at College of Information (INFO), University of MarylandNorthern Highlands Regional High SchoolBachelor's degree Sociology, Bachelor's degree Sociology at Washington College
English
Github Skills (17)
pasting9
academia7
roamresearch6
corona6
clipboard5
networked5
bibtex4
metadata4
risk-assessment4
holochain3
risk-analysis3
python2
meteor2
machine-learning1
training-data1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
joelchan/inst126-intro-programming-notes
Jan 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:130 pushes, 1 branch, 4 issues in 2 years 1 month
megacognitionlab/schema-highlighter
Sep 2017 - Jan 2019
Contributions:14 commits, 11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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