Roya is a Software Development professional with more than 12 years of experience in the Information Technologyand more than 8 of those years have been focused on Web Development.
Roya has worked in multiple sectors from the public to private including working with The City of Calgary and Avanti Software Inc.
In Roya’s last role at Avanti, Roya is focusing more on the User Experience Design. She has always been interested in psychology and humans interactions and she finds the Design process as a gateway to practice empathy and to put humans in the center of our thinking and creation process.
Roya holds a certificate from the Interaction Design Foundation for “Accessibility: How to design for all” and is passionate about sharing and learning design and accessibility related topics with others.
Roya has a three-year-old daughter, Elsa and enjoys hiking, reading and being close to the Mountains in Calgary.