About Laura

Originally from the seaside of Halifax, Nova Scotia, I have also lived abroad in Chiba, Japan and Cork, Ireland, before finally moving to Toronto in 2012. Living in these different locations early on in life taught me the invaluable experience of staying curious, and to wonder whether the familiar way is the best way to achieve a goal. I learnt to question why things are done the way they are, are there better ways to do things, and how to make that happen.

In Toronto, I enrolled in Ontario College of Art and Design University’s Illustration program, and slowly over time my interests turned less towards art, and more towards design thinking, story-telling, and problem solving. I had the opportunity to return to secondary education through Seneca College’s Interactive Media Design course, and fell in love with UX Design; a field where the qualities of being endlessly curious, and questioning things is right at home.

I have worked for the AI powered legal analyses company Cobalt AI, created an ever growing personal practice of illustration, and honed my front end developer skills through a variety of professional and personal projects; including this website! 👩🏻‍💻

Work Experience

Cobalt AI

Junior Developer & UX Design

August 2021 - November 2023

Freelance

Graphic Designer

April 2017 - Present

Farnell Packaging

Printing

October 2018 - March 2020
Education

Seneca College

Interactive Media Design Diploma

2020 - 2021

Ontario College of Art and Design

Bachelor of Design: Illustration

2012 – 2017
Skills

Design

UX Research, Wireframing, Prototyping, Storyboarding, Figma, Creative Cloud, Illustration, Motion Graphics, Graphic Design, Copywriting

Web Dev

Javascript, Typescript, React, CSS, HTML5, Gatsby, GIT, Bootstrap, Material Design, API

Other

Procreate Software, Video Editing

Some of my interests

photo of paintingphoto of cookingphoto of Laura's illustrationphoto of foodphoto of hiking