Angela is an award-winning UX design lead, entrepreneur and speaker based out of Silicon Valley best known for co-designing the original set of Apple emoji. Over the last decade, she has worked for Google, Airbnb, Apple and Pinterest, where she's currently Head of Design Foundations. She has managed, led, and directly contributed to design teams that focus on user experience, interaction, and visual design and has over thirty design patents to her name. She studied Industrial and Graphic Design from 2002–2009 at the Rhode Island School of Design where she received a BFA and MFA.