A headshot of Ramya, a middle-aged Indian woman with short hair, wearing a green dress and a bright smile on her face.

Ramya Ravishankar

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Lead UX/UI Designer @ Ministry of Education

Ramya is a Lead UX/UI Designer with 8+ years of experience designing and delivering user-centered products. She combines her background in art and engineering with a passion for accessibility, research, and rapid experimentation to create meaningful digital experiences.

Ramya has led design efforts across multiple products and teams, focusing on growth-driven design, hypothesis testing, and collaboration within agile environments. She believes the best outcomes come from continuous learning, sharing knowledge, and balancing user needs with business goals.

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Highchairs, toilet training and human-centered design: A parenting parallel to UX design

Parenting a 3-year-old Indo-Kiwi child validated the foundations of what I knew about UX design.

This talk shares how everyday parenting moments like potty training and teaching independence, became a playground for validating design principles.

It’s a reflection on what “UX mindset,” means to me and how parenting in Aotearoa helped me rethink how we design for people.