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Evangeline

Product/UX Designer and AI-design educator (best match: Evangeline Ng, Staff UX Designer at Palo Alto Networks; AI Design Garden Substack)

IC · influenceLeads from the frontHybrid schoolAIProductContent
She is hands-on building with AI in a way that lifts other designers rather than replacing them — but at IC/community altitude, and identified only tentatively from a single first name, so inclusion is doubtful.

Signature win. Built an AI whiteboard-interview tool that scores designers against the rubrics real lead/senior interviewers use, and grew an AI-design newsletter that teaches peers hands-on AI-native workflows.

The case

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CraftFirst design hire at See-mode building an ultrasound web app's design foundations; publishes design-in-code workflows and a rubric-driven AI interview tool — strong hands-on judgment, but at IC/startup scope, not a documented org-wide bar.6
CommunicationRuns an active AI-design Substack (AI Design Garden / 'Evangeline & AI Designers') translating AI workflows into clear guides — her strongest, most verifiable axis: making AI design legible to other designers.7
BusinessStartup design contributions exist (See-mode, Cromatic) but no verifiable evidence of moving business outcomes or building durable orgs at scale; impact is individual, not org-level.4
EducationTeaches and reskills peers via newsletters, hands-on AI guides, and tools (AI whiteboard interviewer, portfoliopal.co) that help designers level up — genuine people-elevation, though community-scale not team-scale.6
InnovationBuilds AI-native tools that augment designers (interview practice, AI-native portfolio building) — elevates the practice rather than shedding craft, but adoption is personal/community rather than org-transforming.6

Endorsed by peers

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OverallI'd work for them25
CraftRaised my craft bar27
CommunicationMade the case for design32
BusinessMade design matter to the business18
EducationTaught me something I still use27
InnovationShowed me a new way to work27

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