Paula Narvaez
Nice to meet you
Paula Narvaez

I'm a senior Product Designer who ships things that stick. My background in architecture gave me a systems lens, how things connect, where they break, and how to build them to last. That's still how I design.

Most recently at Meta, working on some of the hardest problems in social media: feed controls, design systems, teen safety, privacy at scale. I untangled a four-year-stalled project and shipped it to 3 billion people in four months. I built the first patterns program in Facebook's design system history from scratch.

I'm the designer you bring in for the hard problems. I like complex. I like cross-functional. I care deeply about craft, about the people I build with, and about making things that work for all users.

Based in
New York City · by way of LA & SF
Previously
Meta · Google · Dolby · Startups
Domain expertise
Consumer product · Design systems · Youth & safety · Settings & controls
Background
M. Landscape Architecture, UPenn · B. Architecture, USC — yes, really
Off the clock
Reality TV · Pop culture · Urbanism · Kandi making · Music festivals · Mentoring · Pilates
Also me
Always planning my next Tokyo trip
Current obsession
Playing “In Konbini” on PS5
LISTENING TO
How colleagues describe me
Systems thinker Calm under pressure Ships what she designs Cross-functional glue Fun to work with Dependable
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