UX & Product Designer

I like figuring out what people actually need, then making it easier to use.

I like figuring out what people actually need, then making it easier to use.

I design for web and mobile. Right now I'm leading product and UX for Auro, a financial wellness app for students, and designing a web platform at Beaverly.

User research · Product design · Accessibility · Fintech · Social impact

Selected work

Case study · Fintech · Product strategy · User research

Auro — Rethinking financial support for students

Auro began as a way for students to understand their spending. I proposed shifting our focus toward their broader relationship with money. I’m now researching what students need from financial support and using those findings to guide our next onboarding flow and prototype.

Case study · Health and wellness · User interviews · UX design

Flourish — Designing around the realities of menstrual health

Flourish explores how lifestyle and habits relate to the menstrual cycle. I spoke with potential users to understand what they wanted to track and how those findings should shape the experience.

I’m a UX and Product Designer studying New Media at Toronto Metropolitan University. At Beaverly, I design workflows for R&D tax credit consultants and onboarding for the startups they work with. I’m also building Auro through DMZ Basecamp, with ongoing mentorship from Flybits.

I’m most interested in the point where research changes the direction of a product: when a conversation with a user makes you rethink the problem, the flow, or what to build next.

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Leah Benjamin © 2026

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Leah Benjamin © 2026