Avani AgarwalUX Design Lead, Google
About
Avani mentors thesis students in the MS EDI program. Her work applies rigorous design processes to the intersections of technology, community, and entrepreneurship. A UX design lead at Google, Avani explores UX design for technology’s “Next Billion Users” in the developing world. Avani is a part of Women Tech Makers and part of Google’s Women@ SteerCo efforts.
Avani is the Product lead for My Cancer Family, a new venture providing resources, information, and community for cancer patients and their care networks. She is a board member of the League of Young Inventors, a non-profit dedicated to expanding access to design engineering for K-5 students in all communities. In 2017, Avani helped launch #StandForKids, a national event that raised money to assist families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border and was featured on Good Morning America.
Avani is also the co-founder of StatureNYC, a marketplace of independently designed fashion for women 5’4” and under.
Education
BA-Loyola University with Art Institute of Chicago
Continued Ed-Parson School of Design (Fashion), CCA (UX Design)