I didn’t just “fall into” design. I stormed the gates through out-of-home advertising, plastering giant ideas onto bigger canvases and obsessing over how people react when the world itself becomes the interface. That fascination turned into a full-blown quest. So naturally, I dove headfirst into computer engineering, arming myself with the technical muscle to back up my creative fire. And then came the turning point, in a study-abroad program where I stumbled into the world of Human–Computer Interaction. Boom. Lightning bolt. Suddenly, design wasn’t just about looks it was about empathy, psychology, the raw pulse of how humans connect with machines.