04 / Record Early Product · Wellness Year 2020
Chillzu
I founded Chillzu as a teenager, building a wellness app from initial research through design, development, and user testing.
My first
product
from scratch.
Wellness · React · User Research
A wellness app designed to help teenagers build healthier habits.
Founder. I researched the problem, designed the experience, built the product in React/JavaScript, and tested it with users.
User testing changed what I built and taught me to start with what people actually need, not what I assume they need.
That interest in technology and well-being continues in my Product Operations work at Flourish Science ↗, where I work directly with user feedback, product issues, and the product team.
From Chillzu to now
What I carried forward
Build with users, not just for them. Chillzu was the first time I watched user feedback change something I had already designed and built. It made talking to users part of how I build, not something I do after.
I found the part of building I liked most. I enjoyed coding Chillzu, but I was more interested in figuring out what people needed, why something wasn’t working for them, and what we should build next. That’s what pulled me toward product.
I came back to well-being technology. Today, I work in Product Operations at Flourish Science ↗, where I triage user feedback, investigate product issues, and turn what users are experiencing into actionable work for the product team.