Nextpoint2026
Making legal transcripts easier to scan, summarize, and act on with AI
- UX audit
- Dashboard redesign
- AI interaction design
Available for new projects from January 2027
Hi, I'm Maria. I design digital products that actually make sense.
Ten-plus years helping teams turn messy problems into clear, useful experiences. Corporations, startups, scrappy independents: if there is a user confused somewhere, I want to fix that.
- years in product design
- 10+
- products shipped
- 40+
- design systems built
- 12
Selected work
Case studies
A few projects where clarity was the whole job: dense workflows, high stakes, and people who needed the product to get out of the way.
b.combs2025
A CRM designed around people and the work behind the data
- Research
- Information architecture
- UI design
Nestara2025
Helping first-time buyers feel guided through a high-stress decision
- Product strategy
- Mobile design
- Design system
BoardSpeak2024
Turning community participation into a habit people want to keep
- Concept
- Engagement design
- UI design
What I do
From fuzzy brief to shipped product
Product strategy
Framing the real problem, mapping what users need first, and deciding what not to build.
UX and flows
Research, journeys, and information architecture for workflows that carry real weight.
Design systems
Tokens, components, and documentation that keep a growing product coherent.
Interface craft
High-fidelity UI, prototypes, and handoff details that survive contact with engineering.
Kind words
What teams say
Maria took a dashboard our users tolerated and made it the part of the product they open first. She asked the questions nobody else on the team was asking.
Daniel BrooksHead of Product, Nextpoint She has a rare way of making complicated systems feel calm. Our caseworkers stopped asking for training after the redesign shipped.
Priya ShahDirector of Operations, b.combs Equal parts strategist and craftsperson. Every review with Maria left us with fewer screens and a clearer product.
Lukas WeberFounder, Nestara