Daniel Lazaro

Daniel Lazaro

Student and designer in Toronto, Canada

About

Daniel is a Toronto-based designer and developer balancing technical knowledge with a commitment to building intuitive, user-focused interfaces.

Currently:

  • Finishing my final year of undergrad

  • Crafting case studies and honing my design skills

  • Anxiously awaiting reviews of a research paper I co-authored (UIST '24)

  • Pursuing new grad roles in UX and front-end development

Contact

GitHub

Side Projects

Ongoing

A dynamic, fluid custom cursor library, written in JavaScript. WIP.

2023

Award-winning submission for UofTHacks X.

Wander is an app that promotes exploration and exercise by providing AI-generated guided running tours.

2022

Final project submission for the BrainStation UX Design course.

Weatherwise is a weather app that responds to your preferences, creating a personalized feels-like temperature and providing recommendations for what to wear.

Education

2020 — Now
Honours Bachelor of Science (HBSc) at University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
  • Specializing in Computer Science, with a focus in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
  • Minoring in Psychology
  • Cumulative GPA: 3.85

Work Experience

2023 — 2024
Toronto, Canada

Developed an AI-powered programming assistant focused on proactivity, social presence, and real-time collaboration. Pending publication.

2021 — 2022
Educational Content Developer at University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Designed, researched, and programmed several new educational modules that focus on the intersection of technology and society.

2021 — 2021
Content Developer and Editor at University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Designed new course materials, including quizzes and programming exercises, for CSC110/111 (first-year computer science courses at UofT, taken by 400+ students each year).

Awards

2023

Awarded for our app Wander, which I designed and prototyped in under 36 hours.

2022
Dean's List Scholar from University of Toronto

Designation given to students for each year that they obtain a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.50 or higher.

2020

Awarded to approximately 75 of the most highly qualified students applying to first year of direct entry, undergraduate studies.

Volunteering

2020 — 2022