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Michelle David played video games growing up, but she never expected to work in the industry. As a kid, she certainly didn’t know she’d grow up to become the UX designer at Zynga, working on the extremely popular game Words With Friends. 

“I knew I wanted to be a creator,” David said. “After school, I looked around and noticed this new wave of gaming blossoming on smartphones.” 

David paid attention to the trend and started freelancing — creating props, characters and icons for various indie mobile games. After working as a game artist for an educational mobile game company, she tried her hand at UI and UX in addition to game art. Eventually, she caught…