Shilpa Mehta (she/her) is a Graduate UX Researcher for the User Experience Research & Design team at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is also pursuing her master’s in Creative Technology and Design at the University of Colorado Boulder, expected to complete in May of 2024.

Before joining her master’s program at CU, she worked for a Japanese bank for 12 years, where she honed her skills in managing customer-centric operations for the international trade division and delved deep into customer insights to develop innovative financial solutions.

At CU Boulder, Shilpa worked as a Learning Assistant in the fall of 2022 for the course Light and Perception, where she assessed student needs and designed coursework for perspective drawing, lighting, shadow, textures, and portraits.

Driven by her passion for creating user-centered experiences, Shilpa joined the User Experience Research and Design team in the Office of Information Technology starting in January of 2023 as a UX Research intern and then in fall of 2023 as a Graduate UX Researcher. In that role, Shilpa works closely with the team’s UX designers, content designers, and researchers to plan and facilitate research studies and understand user needs related to CU’s online tools and technologies.