About Me

Welcome to my portfolio! I'm Isabel, and I recently graduated from Boston University with a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. I live just outside of Boston with my ever-anxious but charming dog, Smunk, and enjoy spending my free time exploring the city and working on personal projects that range from textile crafts and visual arts to tinkering and designing household gadgets. Before moving to Massachusetts, I attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where I earned my Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering and was first introduced to the concept of rapid prototyping. It was there, I found a student-run makerspace that fostered a collaborative community of intelligent, innovative individuals who fueled my passion for creating and gave me a jump-start into my journey within the world of product design and manufacturing. 

It wasn't until my junior year of high school that I decided to pursue engineering. Growing up, my insatiable curiosity and love for learning about almost anything led me to experimenting with many activities, and in turn, I developed a unique combination of knowledge and skills. Occasionally, this left me feeling like a jack of all trades, but by the time I needed to begin preparing for college, I came to recognize the value in the flexibility it's given me. Without it, my transition from focusing on biomechanics to manufacturing and product design may not have been a viable option, and the seemingly disparate hobbies I developed as a child would never have had the chance to converge. 

By applying to Biomedical Engineering programs, I was able to continue following the pull I felt toward life sciences and maintain the possibility of going into the medical field while also being able to explore other opportunities and build a strong technical base that would allow me to easily adjust my course as I dove deeper into my academic career. Even with this wiggle room, I never thought to include product design and manufacturing as one of my possible career options until I got to graduate school and realized that giving up a subset of my interests in a professional context wasn't necessary and that pursuing both creative and technical aspects actually works to my benefit as it has helped me develop a distinct perspective to approach problems from and influences me to consider niche aspects such as accessibility and sustainability. With this diverse background and my hard-headed determination, I will design and engineer tomorrow's tomorrow today.