Hello world!
I’m Charisa. /kah-riss-ah/
Welcome to my wrinkle in the internet.
As a designer, I like to think of myself as an enthusiastic generalist and a general enthusiast. I have fun untangling gnarly problems, setting direction through rigorous exploration and experimentation, and pursuing the ceiling of craft, all with other similarly curious souls.
Product Design at WhatsApp
Led design and strategy for payments in WhatsApp Brazil for both Consumer and SMB, including core net-new native payments. Built org-wide AI-native workflows for design-to-code.
2025 -
Product Design at Microsoft
Led nascent design and cross-company partnerships to adapt M365 Copilot and community agents for Viva Engage, Microsoft’s enterprise social platform.
2022 - 2025
Founding Product Design at Complete
Revamped web architecture, design system, and brand vision for Complete, a YC-backed company demystifying compensation, leading to $4M in seed funding.
2022
Product Design at Friendly Studio
Overhauled BallerTV’s web and mobile design infrastructure. Refreshed Flo Recruit’s design system and interactive recruiting platform.
2021
Product Design Internship at Microsoft
Owned end-to-end designs of admin controls, onboarding flows, and mobile architecture for Viva Engage’s Storyline and Stories features.
2021
Junior Product Design at Instrument
Supported envisioning for an Apple Watch heart rate monitor feature for Nike’s Run Club mobile application through creating original interstitials and visual assets.
2020
I also moonlight as: an amateur ceramicist, Tamagotchi care-giver, champion speed-reader, crossword semi-solver, fledgling ikebana florist, retired competitive runner, tree appreciator, former animator-in-training, strategy board game enthusiast, 哈密瓜 and 참외 fanatic, baked goods addict, racket sports noob, bygone painter, serial hobbyist, and rabbit mom.
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