Software built for the Sunday Friends nonprofit empowering low-income families in San Jose to achieve economic mobility.
Sunday Friends is a non-profit based in San Jose, California dedicated to breaking the generational cycle of poverty by fostering positive development in children while educating parents to support their children's life success.
Over the course of two semesters, my engineering team at Cal Blueprint developed 2 apps, one mobile and one on web. As the lead designer from start to finish, I worked closely with the non-profit to evaluate the core needs of their organization and propose a feasible technical solution to be built out in less than a year. The mobile app will be used by families (children and parents), while the web app will be used by Sunday Friends admins.
I designed both apps from zero to one, along with a full-scale design system and design documentation to help ensure that the product can be sustained by the non-profit long term.
Each month, Sunday Friends hosts weekly events teaching financial literary and provides community service opportunities for family members to participate in. Each event attended will reward a point value based on level of engagement, allowing families to climb priority tiers. Tier 1 grants access to basic necessities such as toiletries & household essentials, Tier 2 enables the shopping of children toys and Mother's/Father's Day gifts, and Tier 3 grants frontline access for all the offerings in previous tiers. At the end of the month, points will expire, encouraging consistent participation in community events.
