Open to new freelance work

HI, I'MJESSE.I DESIGN + BUILD.

I'm a designer and developer. I mostly build websites and internal tools for teams trying to make sense of their data.

Designer& developer

Big type, a few colors, and nothing that doesn't earn its place.

I start with a clear idea of how a project should look and feel, then cut back until only what matters remains. Usually that means a typeface with some character, a small palette, and enough space around the important thing that you can't miss it. The work underneath might involve data, web development, automation, or AI. The goal stays the same: make the useful part obvious.

Pela Learn

Japanese practice, one card at a time.

A Japanese reading game with short practice sets for kana, kanji, and sentences. Watch a sample round, then try it yourself.

Play Pela Learn

This started as my capstone project for a master's in applied data science, and it was the most fun I had during the program. I combined JLPT, Duolingo, and Anki data into one set, tagged parts of speech with spaCy, and built a graph showing how grammar and vocabulary depend on each other. The practice order comes from that network rather than a list I made up.

The pipeline, schemas, and evaluation write-up are all in the repo:

Read the process on GitHub

Gameplay demo

Accessibility Studio

Find the gaps before you ship.

Paste a public URL to check image alt text, form labels, headings, and document structure. Review the findings and share a report.

Check your site

I recommend it as a first pass before launch and after content changes, especially when you need a clear list of fixes to share with a client or developer.

Use the results alongside keyboard and screen-reader testing. An automated scan is not a compliance certification.

Illustrated scan demo

Where I've worked

A few jobs, and
what I did in them.

2025 - Now

Freelance Web Designer

Mojave Studio

Built client sites in Framer and React, the studio's own site at mojave.studio, and several Framer plugins, including grid, globe, particles, and ribbon-wave.

2024 - 2025

Data Lead & Development Manager

Westside Infant-Family Network

Moved donor operations onto Dynamics 365, built a grant-management system, and ran the organization's website and digital tools.

2023 - 2024

Database Coordinator & Development Associate

MEND

Cleaned up donor-data workflows, automated most reporting, and built dashboards so teams could see what was happening.

2022 - 2023

Digital Solutions Manager

Redwood Supply

Automated the order, inventory, and customer systems, and worked on the company's website and brand.

What I do

What I work with.
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Languages

The languages I actually write in, front to back.

Python · JavaScript · TypeScript · HTML · CSS · SQL

REACT · TYPESCRIPT · DATA · SQL · AUTOMATION · CLOUDFLARE · FRAMER · AI ·

I studied public policy before moving into data, then design and code. It's a roundabout path, but it means I usually start by asking who something is really for.

2025

University of Michigan

Master of Applied Data Science

2021

University of Southern California

B.S. Public Policy and Law

日本語 Conversational Japanese

Jesse Garcia

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