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Hey! I’m Maira, a Product Designer, driven by a passion for solving complex problems and creating seamless user experiences. 

Originally a lawyer working in the Prosecutor’s Office in Brazil, my dedication to making a positive impact led me to transition into UX design. Enrolling in a UX Design program equipped me with essential skills, and my recent role at Google allowed me to contribute to innovative and user-friendly digital solutions.

Outside of work, I’m a dedicated dog mom, nature lover, and committed to continuous personal improvement. Reach out if you’d like to connect to grab coffee or learn more about my career path.

Testimonials

Check out what my colleagues have to say about me.

"Maira is dedicated, passionate, creative, hard-working, thoughtful, and willing to try new things. Although Maira was a volunteer, she often spent long hours in the office to ensure that our clients were supported, even though she received no compensation for her work. I was confident that our clients were well supported with Maira working on their cases."
Melanie GrantAssistant legal Counsel at Illinois State Board Of Education
"As a leader, Maira fostered a positive and pleasant working environment, actively engaging with her colleagues, listening to their ideas and concerns, and providing guidance and mentorship when needed. Her excellent communication skills and friendly nature made her approachable and easy to talk to, creating a positive work environment."
Sílvia Neves Mayer ZlojutroFront-end Web Developer
"I was particularly impressed by Maira's ability to self-direct her contributions and pull in the needed stakeholders from this project which involved many different teams - my team, a frontend software engineering team, product management, and others. Maira really deserves the credit for driving this effective collaboration across teams."
Matthew IrvineSenior Software Engineer at Google
"Maira makes sure the design delivery is complete with details and edge cases ironed out. When there are unsolved issues, she follows up with cross functional partners and brings back design solutions. In certain cases, she helped cross functional team to find flaws in the original intent, and course correct ourselves by communicating rationales effectively."
Jadie OhUX Lead at Google
"I have always known Maira to be dependable and hardworking. Maira is demonstrably passionate about building intuitive user interfaces with an emphasis on accessibility. She supplements her work with the latest recommendations about how to build user friendly interfaces. Maira is easy to work with and accommodating when technical limitations require alternative designs."
Nicholas KelmanSenior Software Engineer at Google
"Throughout the Google Cloud Appliances project, Maira demonstrated a keen understanding of user-centered design principles and a knack for translating complex requirements into clear, intuitive designs. She excels at working with stakeholders to understand a project’s needs and constraints, always willing to ask questions to clarify any information in need of further refinement."
Josh HirshfeldSenior UX Writer and Content Designer at Google
"During Maira’s time with us, I observed her approaching her work in a highly collaborative manner, building trust with cross-functional stakeholders, and fearlessly asking apt questions about her product and its users. For example, Maira’s familiarity with coding gives her the language with which to collaborate and support her development teams during implementation of her designs."
Dan ZahariaSenior User Experience Designer at Google
"Maira’s positive attitude and hard-working nature made it very easy for us to collaborate. Her ability to quickly understand a use case / user need and design a multitude of design solutions that take into account the technical complexity and necessary implementation time of each makes her stand out from other UX designers I have worked with previously."
Akeem NicholasSoftware Engineer at Google
"I mentored Maira in the Bloc UX program where she showed real strong work ethic. She has a thirst for knowledge and understanding around Accessibility that I have not seen in any other student. Maira is professional in our meetings and has great communication skills. Her understanding of the Design Process, Accessibility and UX Research would make her a great asset to any product team."
Chris GillisSenior UX Designer at Activate Care
"Maira is a delight to work with, as she is organized and positive. She is highly proficient in User Research, Visual Design, and User Testing. Also, and more importantly, she has a keen and kind eye for Accessibility. She will be, without any reserve, an asset to your company."
Christophe DraytonLead UX Professor at City University of New York
"Maira is dedicated, passionate, creative, hard-working, thoughtful, and willing to try new things. Although Maira was a volunteer, she often spent long hours in the office to ensure that our clients were supported, even though she received no compensation for her work. I was confident that our clients were well supported with Maira working on their cases."
Melanie GrantAssistant legal Counsel at Illinois State Board Of Education
"As a leader, Maira fostered a positive and pleasant working environment, actively engaging with her colleagues, listening to their ideas and concerns, and providing guidance and mentorship when needed. Her excellent communication skills and friendly nature made her approachable and easy to talk to, creating a positive work environment."
Sílvia Neves Mayer ZlojutroFront-end Web Developer
"I was particularly impressed by Maira's ability to self-direct her contributions and pull in the needed stakeholders from this project which involved many different teams - my team, a frontend software engineering team, product management, and others. Maira really deserves the credit for driving this effective collaboration across teams."
Matthew IrvineSenior Software Engineer at Google
"Maira makes sure the design delivery is complete with details and edge cases ironed out. When there are unsolved issues, she follows up with cross functional partners and brings back design solutions. In certain cases, she helped cross functional team to find flaws in the original intent, and course correct ourselves by communicating rationales effectively."
Jadie OhUX Lead at Google
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