A scenic view - peeking through the trees at a mountain range with snow capped peaks in the distance

Hello there.


I’m Leanna — a designer, writer, and artist with a love for catching Komorebi on film.

A little bit about me

Colorado native. Former dancer. Art school dropout. Business school grad. Marketer turned product designer. Outdoors lover. Travel enthusiast. Photographer.

Leanna enjoying gelato in Rome, Italy
Enjoying gelato in Rome, Italy

Why product design?

After 5 years in marketing, I was tired of selling products. I felt an innate need to create, to build. I started wandering the internet searching for answers. After many, many hours I found UX design. It was the perfect blend of hands-on creativity and consumer psychology, a natural evolution of my career.

Two years and a Master’s degree later, I realized something — marketing tells the product story and UX design tells the user story. Successful products have both.

A few of my favorite adventures

Pictured above (left to right) – Top row: Hiking outside Breckenridge, Colorado; a stroll around my neighborhood; solo travel in Hong Kong; a crescent moon in early morning; skiing at Loveland Ski Resort
Bottom row: Golden hour departures; exploring Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland; looking over the city of Budapest, Hungary; wandering Dubrovnik, Croatia; overlook in Naxos, Greece