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Outside of UX work, I create stories, spaces, and images. It's how I stay curious and connected to myself.

• No Dream Is Too Big

  Writing · AI

  A children's book I started writing while pregnant with Isla — playing with prompts and story ideas to create AI-generated illustrations. A short illustrated story in six chapters about a dreamer named May-May.

• Pale & Bright Issue No. 01 · 2022 A townhouse,
  made together. Pale & Bright · Interior

  Pale & Bright

  Interior design

  An interior project I did with my husband Nick. We styled our townhouse by blending our tastes — mine pale and minimal, his bold and bright. The result: a lived-in, eclectic mix with mid-century roots.

• Dossier
  No. 02 Art A working catalog
  of weekend pieces F.M. dela Cruz · 2014 — ongoing

  Art

  Painting · Drawing

  A working catalog of pieces I've made on weekends and quiet evenings — paintings and a few drawings. No specific style, no rules; just how I clear my head.

• Campaign No. 03 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Vote Tabulas A campaign for the
  personal web · 2003 — 2012

  Tabulas

  Web · CSS

  A blogging platform that marked the beginning of my journey into web design and development. Teenage layouts, early CSS, and the accidental detour from ethical hacking that turned into a design career.