Allison Marie Cooper

I'm focused on creating positive change in my East Bay community through climate advocacy with 350 Bay Area (hosting a new monthly event series with the Mobilizing Team, and 350BAA Board of Directors). I also enjoy experimenting with music creation, ceramics, reading and promoting local art projects as Chair of the El Cerrito Arts and Culture Commission. I'm also building my consulting practice to support design and innovation projects for sustainabilty- and transportation-focused organizations. I love my new role and team, and am excited too to hopefully get to travel and play on the water more soon too!

• Community Involvement | I'm excited to get to join the 2022 Oakland cohot of the New Leaders Council! What an incredible community to get to be a part of; can't wait to deepen my understanding and leadership in the local issues I care about.
• Outdoor Sports/Movement | I've recently dusted off my kayak and installed an e-bike motor on my bike and am more excited than ever to use both to explore!
• Designing again, diving into my new role | I'm so grateful and excited to be back in the design world, and now at Chegg! I get to work with the kindest, smartest people here on exciting projects with lots of support. Happy to chat if you're interested in joining! Happy to be refreshing my design skills with some resources through work (Interaction Design Foundation, Skillshare, etc.) and consistently thrilled with new Figma features :)
• Cancelled Travel... | I cancelled my most recent travel plans to try to be responsible about not contributing to the spread/stress on health infrastructure with omicron. Hoping we get through this wave soon...

My UX Research portfolio can be found here:

My Product Design portfolio can be found here:

My activism work is mostly currently with 350 Bay Area Action; I'll add a link here soon.

My Art Projects site can be found here:

I'm working to build a consulting business for innovation strategy; please be in touch here if you have any projects to collaborate on.

I also love to share what I've learned in design and mentor junior designers; more information coming soon.