Afrin Azad

Afrin

afazad@uwm.edu

Bio

Afrin Azad is a Graphic design student at UW-Milwaukee. Her journey into design started when she participated in the Visioneer Design Challenge, a state-wide competition that connects interested high-school and middle-school students with professional designers. Those competitions helped open her eyes to design and gave Afrin the confidence to pursue it as a career. Her knowledge working with multiple clients expanded at a summer internship at MalamaDoe, a women’s coworking community. Her internship position at Monarch Creative offered her first-hand experience with time-management, teamwork, and working in a fast paced agency. She is headed in the direction of UI/UX design and web design, where she is intrigued in learning more and gaining experience in this field. Afrin believes strongly in empathy and would like to give back to the community through her work with graphic design.

Design Team

Firthouse Azad, Web Developer, Target Market

Neema Afsal, Software Engineer, Technical Production

Emily Berens, Professor, Mentor

Maddie Kovacic, Student, Peer

High School

Ashwaubenon High School

Description

Malar is an organization that helps lift middle age women who are dealing with multiple
stressors, mental health problems, and loneliness. We strive to create a space that empowers these women through mentorship, community, and skill development. Our space holds two main components; mentorship and skill development. Through the website and web application, users can connect with women outside of the space and find out about future events. Bloom, our membership program, offers petals which are meant to write and exchange positive comments and thoughts. These petals are collected and built into a flower to symbolize that small petals of kindness can bloom into a bigger flower.