WoU, Who?

Kathy has spent years on the move. At a young age her family's movements opened her mind to travel and her imagination did the rest, taking her ways of thinking into new areas outside of the daily norms. “I’ve always been intrigued by the world of possibilities, the subjunctive mood, utopian ideals. Maybe because the world – as is – is less than perfect, I escaped the mundane in the fantastic. The more I learned about the world at large, the less I felt a place in it. But the world of the imagination is infinite.”

After discovering programming in college she tailored her English Degree to accommodate her passion for human computer interaction. “My views on AI were shaped by John Searle there, who has a famous thought experiment on the topic”.

“We’ve made a lot of the sci-fi computer world of my childhood true, and unfortunately so much of the dystopian world as well. We need new stories to disrupt destructive paths and forge a restorative future.” And so, her connection to creating the World of Us felt like not only a chance to bring her hopes to life but a reflection of the way she was raised celebrating the interplay of truth and beauty.

At TALES, Kathy connects and communicates with various teams creating software output – translating requirements into code. “I try to anticipate where people will be heading, making sure the tech will be there to support. I’m pretty good at detecting subtle logic flaws in a creative brief that would create downstream bugs, and then helping the team iron them out.” 
    
During her interview a story told by our CEO ignited Kathy’s curiosity. Hearing of how a child in Brazil was offered an internship at a game company through intersecting with our work became a level of inspiration for the mission Kathy deemed ‘infectious’. “I didn’t know I was missing it till I heard it, and how could you say no to it?”

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