Episode 11 - Community-Raised Designer

For our next episode, we have a very special guest, Eunji Jeong:Eunji is a design leader, mentor, and community builder driven by a passion for fostering inspiration and human connection. She calls herself a “community-raised designer” after, one day, realizing that everything that she knows and practices came from the leaders, mentors, and colleagues around her. She believes in slow, authentic growth over fast, surface-level metrics, which she practices with other growth-minded designers at Designed Minds, a global network that empowers design professionals to create their own opportunities and take ownership of their careers. After a decade of designing digital experiences for Fortune 500 companies, Eunji now helps social entrepreneurs and mission-driven companies to better connect people, resources, and data.About the hosts:Sara Barber is a UX Designer at Arizona State University, specializing in accessibility. With five years of experience crafting intuitive and exciting designs, Sara has experience scaling solutions from startups to service organizations and larger institutions. Sara co-hosts the Designed Minds Podcast and serves on the Out in Tech UIUX chapter leadership team. Sara also loves self-publishing zines and co-founded Bisbee Zine Fest!Moyai Fujimura is a product designer specializing in design systems. Coming from a non-traditional path into design, she values shared learning and vulnerability. As a co-host of the Designed Minds podcast and community organizer, she aims to create spaces where designers can share openly, connect authentically, and grow together.