Leading a wireframing workshop

About me

Gabrielle "Gabe" Gutierrez

I believe technology should expand what’s possible and who it’s possible for. Too often, we build intuitive tools without questioning the systems they serve — streamlined for speed, but not designed for the complexity of real lives. My work explores how emerging tech can be used with more care, more context, and a deeper understanding of who it impacts.

That perspective started early. I was eight when I first watched Minority Report.

Screens responded to gestures. Ads spoke directly to you. Interfaces hovered in public space as if they belonged there — frictionless, ever-present. But then came the undercity. Tom Cruise running through a world left behind: crumbling walls, rusted infrastructure, people forgotten by progress.

I turned to my uncle and asked, “Why does everything look so advanced, but some people still live like that?”

I design to close that gap — not by rejecting innovation, but by redirecting it toward more thoughtful, human futures.

Education

University of Southern California

MS Integrated Design Business & Technology

Present

California State University, Long Beach

MA Human Experience Design Interactions

Sep '23 - May '25

Microsoft Software Systems Academy

Cloud Application Software Development

Jun '21 - Dec'21

University of California, Irvine

BA Studio Art, BA Anthropology

Sep '11 - May'15

Work Experience

Sama Portraits

Multimedia Designer

Oct '22 - Present

Immersive Design Research Lab

Graduate Research Assistant

Sep '24 - Dec '24

Microsoft

Technical Support Engineer

Mar '22 - May '23

US Air Force

Staff Sergeant

Dec '17 - Dec'21