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I’m a designer,
developer & writer.

I design from research, build in code, and write clearly about the why behind each decision. Right now I’m a UX designer at Pratt’s Center for Digital Experiences, working with clients like the Wikimedia Foundation and CardStory.

Flushing, Queens · born in Georgetown, Guyana
Experience + education
Center for Digital Experiences, PrattUX Designer · 2025–Now
Walmart Global TechSoftware Engineer Intern · 2023
Pratt InstituteM.S. Information Experience Design · 2028
Southern New Hampshire UniversityB.S. Computer Science · 2025
Full resume →
Outside of work
  • writing short stories about mental health, emotions and everyday life
  • winning the RSL V.S. Pritchett Short Story Prize, 2021, for “American Doll”
  • featured as a writer at Wordweaver, 2012
  • living in Flushing, Queens, by way of Georgetown, Guyana
Portrait of Shavanie Singh
2012WritingFeatured at Wordweaver. RSL V.S. Pritchett Prize, 2021.
2022CodeB.S. Computer Science, SNHU.
2023IndustrySoftware engineer intern, Walmart Global Tech.
NowUX DesignM.S. Information Experience Design, Pratt.
Map of northern South America with a star on Guyana and a note: I’m from here!
Georgetown, Guyana
Shavanie with her team in front of their Wikipedia Accessibility Review slide
Presenting to Wikimedia, 2026
Shavanie in a blue chair holding a sign that says I’m a UX designer
Making it official
Short storyAmerican DollRead it →
Writing
Meme: designers say you stole my idea, programmers say I stole your code
Designers vs. programmers