Bio
Hi, I'm Valentina!
I'm a Senior Visual Designer at a boutique investment firm in NYC, with a background that bridges Finance and Design.
I'm driven by curiosity — moving fluidly between visual design and product thinking, understanding not just how something should look, but why it should exist and how someone will actually use it. That finance-and-design combination shapes how I approach every project: I don't just execute on a brief, I ask what problem it's actually solving and whether the solution makes sense for the person on the other end of it. That instinct to dig past the surface-level ask is what's pulling me toward product design now — I want to be in the room earlier, shaping the "why" and not just the "how it looks."
As a designer, NYC's fast-moving pace mirrors how I work — fast iterations — but revisiting the same streets, like revisiting a design, always reveals something new. I bring that same instinct into my work, always centered on the user's problems and needs.