About Me

About Me

My path into design is personal. When my father was unexpectedly paralyzed during my young adulthood, I became his full-time caregiver and experienced firsthand what happens when systems fail the people they are meant to serve. That experience didn't just shape my perspective. It gave me a mission.


I believe the strongest solutions come from truly understanding the problem and empathizing with the people living inside it. My work is about making technology feel simpler and more human, building experiences that go beyond the interface to create genuine connections between people and the products that are supposed to serve them.


That mission sits at the center of everything I do. I design at the intersection of innovation and purpose, with one goal in mind: to make complex systems feel less like machinery and more like they were built for the humans who depend on them.

Sierra Hillman

Interaction Designer

recent Experience

iDEO | 2024 - present

senior interaction designer

representEd | 2025 - present

Service Designer

Extra Rep | 2026 - present

Founder

NXSTEP | 2022 - 2023

lead UX designer

health & wellness Promotion, sFSU | 2022 - 2023

web assistant

education

san francisco state university | B.S

visual communication and design

City college of san francisco | A.A.S, A.A

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Communication

certifications

certified personal trainer | nasm

Foundations in Design Thinking | Ideo

from idea's to action | ideo