Prakriti Bista
Washington, DC · GWU
Designer who engineers.
I design systems from the perspective of someone who codes them, and I write code from the perspective of someone who's designed what it should feel like. Finishing my CS degree at GWU — but I got here through design, not the other way around.
Currently
Available · Summer 2026 onwards
Experience
Recent to Past3 entries
Student Program Coordinator III
The George Washington University • Washington, DC
- Train and manage student employees across Academic Commons and CREATE Digital Studio — scheduling, onboarding, daily ops
- Run CREATE Digital Studio's tech suite: 3D printers, large-format printers, VR equipment, laser cutters
- Staff the Ask Us Desk — helping students and faculty find the right academic resources quickly
Adobe Student Ambassador
Adobe • Washington, DC
- Run Adobe workshops on campus, teaching students how to use Express and Creative Cloud for real projects
- Connect with a global network of Adobe ambassadors, sharing what actually works in peer education
Student Technical Support Assistant I
The George Washington University • Washington, DC
- Provided IT and AV support for GWU School of Nursing — tickets, walk-ins, and hardware troubleshooting
- Managed device imaging, OS installations, and asset procurement across the department
MS, Computer Science
GWU School of Engineering & Applied Science
Specialization: Machine Learning and Cognition
Brand Designer
Rhythm Neuropsychiatry Hospital and Research Center • Lalitpur, Nepal
- Built the hospital's social media presence from scratch across LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and X
- Grew audience by 10,000+ and boosted appointment inquiries by 50% in 6 months
- Designed all visual content and managed the posting strategy using Canva and Google Analytics
Product Designer
flockfysh • Berkeley, CA (Remote)
- Sole designer for a Berkeley-based AI startup — designed the product, brand identity, and investor pitch deck
- Built the full UI from landing pages to the core platform interface
- Created the brand system: logo, typography, color palette, component library
UX Engineer
SimplySoft • Kathmandu, Nepal
- Designed and built government agency interfaces from wireframe to production using the MEAN stack
- Integrated data from multiple government sources using Python — learned that clean architecture matters more than polished pixels when stakeholders don't understand UI
- Ran usability testing sessions and collaborated with backend teams on API design
Events Organizer and Mentor
Kathford International College of Engineering and Management • Kathmandu, Nepal
- Organized campus events including the annual sports festival for 200+ participants
- Mentored students on software development and career planning
Batch Representative
Kathford International College of Engineering and Management • Kathmandu, Nepal
- Served as the primary liaison between students and faculty for 4 years
- Coordinated scheduling, managed classroom technology, and advocated for student needs
BSc, CS & Information Technology
Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University
- System Thinking For Product Designers
- Red Hat OpenShift Administration I: Operating a Production Cluster (DO180 - RHA) - Ver. 4.14
- AWS Academy Graduate - AWS Academy Cloud Operations
- AWS Academy Graduate - AWS Academy Cloud Foundations
- Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
- Python for Everybody Specialization
- Capstone: Retrieving, Processing, and Visualizing Data with Python
- Using Python to Access Web Data
- The Science of Well-Being
- Introduction to Web Development
Skills
Design
- UI/UX Design
- Interaction Design
- Design Systems
- Information Architecture
- Figma
- Responsive CSS
AI / ML
- LLM / RAG
- Model Fine-Tuning (LoRA)
- Computer Vision
- ML / Data Science
- PyTorch
- LangChain
Engineering
- TypeScript
- React / Next.js
- Full-Stack (MEAN)
- 3D Data Visualization
- REST APIs
- CI/CD