About me
Hi, I’m Michèle. I used to design buildings. Now I design for how people move through digital spaces.
Senior Product Designer at 2021.AI, trained architect, half-Ecuadorian and half-Swiss, based in Copenhagen with my corgi, Taco.
Currently in Copenhagen
My story
From buildings to products
I graduated in 2018 with a degree in Architecture from the University of Florida, and went on to work in architecture offices in Switzerland and Denmark, as well as at a creative agency in New York City. That foundation taught me to think about structure, flow, and how people experience the spaces around them.
I moved into UX at a Copenhagen-based startup, where I learned to design fast, wear many hats and stay close to real user needs. Today I’m a Senior Product Designer at 2021.AI, where I lead design for GRACE, a platform that helps global enterprises build, deploy and govern AI responsibly.
As a half-Ecuadorian, half-Swiss designer, I bring a global, people-centric perspective to everything I make, with a love for clean UI and thoughtful collaboration.
“Every screen is a room.
My job is to make sure
nobody gets lost in it.”
What architecture taught me
01
Structure
Clear hierarchies and systems that hold everything together, from a floor plan to a component library.
02
Flow
How people move from one step to the next without thinking about it.
03
People
Every space, and every screen, is for someone. I start with them and keep checking back in.
10 things about me
↘ the short, slightly random version
01
I have a corgi named Taco 🌮
Taco at 3 months old
02
I love to run 👟
Second marathon: 3:41:59
03
I’m a trained architect ✏️
Work from 3XN / GXN, Copenhagen
04
I love to cook 🍳
And now baking too, 2 years and counting
05
I grew up speaking 3 languages 🎈
Spanish, French and English, plus Italian and German
06
I had a Vegas wedding 🦄
A Little White Chapel, officiated by Elvis
07
I have 3 nationalities 🌎
Born in Switzerland, raised in Ecuador and Florida
08
I lived in China for a summer 🐲
Chengdu, 2016: an intensive Mandarin course
09
I studied Economics for 2 years 💰
Before switching to Architecture
10
I’m probably listening to The Antlers 🎶
“Hospice” is a beautiful tear-jerker
01
I have a corgi named Taco 🌮
Taco at 3 months old
02
I love to run 👟
Second marathon: 3:41:59
03
I’m a trained architect ✏️
Work from 3XN / GXN, Copenhagen
04
I love to cook 🍳
And now baking too, 2 years and counting
05
I grew up speaking 3 languages 🎈
Spanish, French and English, plus Italian and German
06
I had a Vegas wedding 🦄
A Little White Chapel, officiated by Elvis
07
I have 3 nationalities 🌎
Born in Switzerland, raised in Ecuador and Florida
08
I lived in China for a summer 🐲
Chengdu, 2016: an intensive Mandarin course
09
I studied Economics for 2 years 💰
Before switching to Architecture
10
I’m probably listening to The Antlers 🎶
“Hospice” is a beautiful tear-jerker
Experience
Senior Product Designer,
2021.AI
2024 — Now
UX Designer,
Immortal
2023 — 2024
UX/UI Designer,
Plus 972 NYC
2022 — 2023
UX/UI Design Certificate,
Designlab
2022
Architectural Designer,
3XN / GXN
2020 — 2022
Arch. Design Intern,
C.F Møller Architects
2019 — 2020
Arch. Design Intern,
Fischer Architekten
2018 — 2019
B.Des Architecture,
University of Florida
2018
↑ from buildings to software — same job, different material
Toolbox
Skills
User research
Personas
User flows
Sitemapping
Wireframing
Prototyping
Design systems
3D modelling
Currently exploring
AI agents for research
Framer
Code Connect
Design tokens in code
Languages
English
Spanish
French
Italian
German
Danish
Tools
Figma
Claude
Jira
Miro
Adobe Suite
Vectorworks
Rhino 3D
Enscape
Figma
Claude
Jira
Miro
Adobe Suite
Vectorworks
Rhino 3D
Enscape