Felt like a designer.
My name is Gaia,
I am a Front-end engineer specializing in design systems, component architecture, and the details that make UI feel intentional.
What else?
Being exposed to diversity all my life, I give my best outside comfort zones.
I'm currently based in the US.
When I'm not online, I'm practicing jiu jitsu, visiting new places, or ironically-ish singing karaoke.
Where to find me?
GEICO
Rebuilding GEICO's dotcom from scratch, starting from their internal brand guidelines and building the design system itself — the component library that powers the new site.
- Built a new enterprise design system from GEICO's internal brand guidelines up
- Rebuilding geico.com using the component library, closing the loop between system and product
- Components documented and published via Storybook for team-wide consumption
- Next.js
- React
- Lit
- Web Components
- Storybook
iFit
SSR marketing infrastructure for a global fitness platform with 6M+ members. Frontend lead on a full server-rendered site and blog built with Next.js and Contentstack.
- Built the full SSR infrastructure and blog section from scratch — hundreds of posts migrated and served as individual server-rendered pages
- Headless CMS integration with Contentstack giving the marketing team full content autonomy without engineering involvement
- 100% Lighthouse score, WCAG AAA accessibility across all pages
- Google Analytics implementation for marketing and conversion tracking
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Contentstack
Fitbit Enterprise
Server-first B2B marketing platform for Google's enterprise health division. Sole frontend lead across two architectural phases, ending in a 0kB JavaScript, Preact-powered experience handed off directly to Google.
- Sole frontend lead on a two-phase architectural rebuild: WordPress + Gutenberg → Next.js + Contentful → Root.js (server-first Preact framework) for a fully server-rendered, 0kB JS architecture
- Replaced Gutenberg blocks with a headless Contentful CMS, giving Google's team full content ownership without engineering involvement
- Full site including blog migrated and delivered across both phases
- 100% Lighthouse score, WCAG AAA accessibility
- Next.js
- Preact
- TypeScript
- Contentful
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Consumer museum site on Next.js and headless WordPress. Led accessibility implementation to WCAG AAA and Section 508 — a standard above the legal requirement, chosen as a deliberate craft decision.
- Led end-to-end WCAG AAA and Section 508 remediation across all site components — above the legally required AA standard
- Accessibility work extended to history.org as part of the same engagement
- Part of a team that achieved perfect Lighthouse performance scores
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- Headless WordPress
Capital One (nda)
High-density data UI for enterprise financial monitoring. Built Lit web components and a React dashboard for internal AML compliance tooling at one of the largest US banks.
- Designed and built data table components in Lit for high-density compliance data display
- React dashboard for internal AML monitoring and reporting
- Enterprise-grade component architecture for sensitive financial tooling
- Lit
- Web Components
- React
- TypeScript