Aynne Valencia is majoring in Design and Anthropology. She has a background in digital Product Design designing experiences and events for social interaction. Her career spans Microsoft, AKQA, Cisco Flip, Fjord, R/GA, and most recently as Director of Design for the City and County of San Francisco Digital Services where she designed the CityTestSF Covid Testing sites and design efforts in the city’s response to the pandemic. The throughline of her career has been using technology as a medium to explore how we might interact more meaningfully with each other. She is particularly interested in experimental, natural user interfaces and tactile and experiential emotive experiences that go beyond screen-based interaction.

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