Melisa Lopardo | Human-Centered Design

Youth Empowerment Working with peers in the Mississippi Delta to identify a venture that will promote and support self-empowerment	Pioneering Process How I turned pointing fingers into shaking hands for a once scrappy startup through sweeping process improvements	$0 Faulty Radio Fix How I solved a top warranty claim through pure user education
Avoiding 100% Failure Rate How I prevented a catastrophic 100% product failure rate of a solar generator kit in West Africa	Softening Hard Conversations How I built workplace empathy and connection in a time of tense social isolation	Brightbox Affordable and portable hands-on lab kit that teaches children the principals of ray optics
Independent Living Greatly improving the quality of independent living for a local senior citizen via a simple product and participation in the design process itself	SteppingTones Simple, projected instrument to allow pedestrians to play along with street musicians, designed collaboratively with users	Reviving a Photo Studio How I redesigned my college's underutilized photo studio to promote easy access and high quality results for students

Melisa Lopardo | Product/Process Private Eye