Havana Nguyen is a Senior User Experience Designer, comic artist, public speaker, and content creator who cares about social impact and cartoons.
Make It Happen with Havana
I’ve got a new podcast out that covers productivity, career development, creativity, and mental health! You can listen to episodes ranging from how to troubleshoot your job search to how to make friends as an adult. Available on Anchor, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and RadioPublic.
Other things that I do:
The Youtube Channel
My Youtube Channel features videos on professional development, lifestyle, art, and adventures! Check out my adventures in India and Italy, learn how to user test, write articles, or check out my unique tips o preparing for job interviews.
My graphic novel, Kamikaze
I am the Lead Character Designer for the 2015 Glyph Award Winner for Best Webcomic, Kamikaze! It's a dustbowl cyberpunk story set two centuries after a plague wipes out almost all plant life on earth. We've had three successful Kickstarters, two published books, and over a million pageviews. You can check out our NPR interview here or jump into the story here.
My articles on Medium
My articles on UX have placed me in the top 20 list on Medium twice. I've contributed to Athena Talks, UX Planet, and UX Design Collective. Check out my articles here.
My Don Bluth podcast
I am a co-host on The Bluth Society with fellow animation geeks/artists Dee Seabrook and Carrie Tupper. This is a series covering 10 signature films of animator, producer, and director Don Bluth such as All Dogs Go to Heaven, An American Tail, and Anastasia. We discuss nostalgia, animation history, and get into deep conversation about story and culture with every review.
I Share Too Much: My Memoir Comics
This is a series of memoir comics from my life. After two years of thinking about publishing this, I went ahead and did it! You can learn about how I went from a shy, socially anxious girl to a social butterfly.