Sameera Kapila: Create inclusive spaces within the design community

Sameera Kapila is a designer, educator, manager, and writer who works as a senior product designer at Netlify. Born in India, raised on the Dutch island of Curaçao, and living in Austin, TX, Sameera has held roles in agencies, educational institutions, and consultancies ranging from individual contributor to executive leadership, student to educator, and everything in between. She writes and speaks about web and product design, diversity, inclusion and equity, tech education, and design research and process. She’s written regularly forThe Pastry Box Project and net Magazine and spoken at events such as Creative Mornings, SXSW’s HBCU track, Design/Content, and Clarity. 

We dive into how she develops new skills through learning by doing and chat about inclusive design communities, how to foster them, and much more. We even get a little preview into her new book that just came out, Inclusive Design Communities. You can check it out on abookapart.com.