Cheryl W. Yu

Cheryl W. Yu has a diverse work experience spanning various industries. Their most recent role is as a UX Product Designer at Human API since November 2021. Prior to that, they worked as a Freelance UX & Product Designer, where they helped businesses strategize and build products from ideation to handoff with engineers.

Cheryl also worked as a Product Design Strategist at Forge Harmonic in 2021, where they delivered research and design vision for a complex product suite repositioning and led design strategy for clients. Cheryl W. provided guidance for a multi-company merger and unification of design systems.

In 2020, Cheryl worked as a User Experience & User Interface Designer at General Assembly. Before transitioning to design roles, they had experience in healthcare administration as a Healthcare Administrator at PAYROLL EXPRESS, LLC DBA BAY AREA SURGICAL GROUP and as an Anesthesia Technician at Sutter Health - Mills Peninsula.

Cheryl's earliest work experience includes roles at Stanford Health Care, where they served as an Acting Lead Anesthesia Technician from 2015 to 2018 and as a Lift Coach from 2014 to 2015.

Overall, Cheryl W. Yu's work experience showcases their expertise in UX and product design, as well as their versatility across industries.

Cheryl W. Yu completed their education at various institutions over the course of several years. From 2016 to 2018, they pursued a Master's degree in Health Policy and Law at both the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) and the University of California, San Francisco. Prior to their Master's degree, Cheryl obtained a Bachelor of the Arts from UCLA between 2008 and 2012. In 2013 and 2014, they attended Life Chiropractic College West to study for a Doctor of Chiropractic degree. Additionally, Cheryl obtained several certifications such as Graphic Design Foundations: Layout and Composition, UX Research Methods: Card Sorting, UX Research Methods: Interviewing, and User Experience Design Immersive from institutions such as LinkedIn and General Assembly. Cheryl W. also completed certifications in Agile Foundations, Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories, and UX Foundations: Research from LinkedIn Learning.