Mosaic

Connecting Generations Through Culture

Designing a mobile learning experience that helps immigrant families strengthen cultural connections through language, stories, art, and shared learning.

Date

2025

Role

UX/UI Designer

Key User Segments

  • Immigrant parents
  • Immigrant children (primary users)
  • Multicultural community (secondary influence)

Tools

Figma, ChatGPT, User Personas, User Flows, Wireframing, Prototyping

Problem Statement

How might we help immigrant families strengthen cultural connections and preserve their heritage through an engaging digital experience that encourages learning, participation, and meaningful family interactions?

Design Principles

Create Meaningful Cultural Connections

Design experiences that strengthen family bonds through shared learning.

Make Learning Feel Playful

Use storytelling, rewards, and exploration.

Support Both Parents and Children

Design for co-learning and family participation.

Solution Preview

Mosaic helps immigrant families preserve cultural identity through interactive learning, storytelling, and shared family experiences.

Key Insights

To address the gap between users’ intentions and their ability to stay engaged, the solution focuses on creating a structured, supportive, and emotionally engaging experience that guides users journey.

From Insight to Solution

01 — Discover

Understanding the Cultural Gap

Through interviews, brainstorming workshops, and secondary research, I explored the challenges immigrant families face when preserving their cultural heritage.

Key Findings

  • Parents want to pass down language, traditions, and cultural values.
  • Children are increasingly influenced by their surrounding culture.
  • Cultural learning resources are fragmented and difficult to access.
  • Families struggle to integrate cultural education into daily life.
  • Long-term benefits of cultural learning are not immediately visible.

02 — Define

Identifying the core problem

Parents want to preserve cultural identity across generations, but existing resources are often disconnected, passive, or not designed for modern digital behaviors.

03 — Ideate

Exploring possible solutions

I explored ways to make cultural learning more engaging, accessible, and relevant to modern families.

Opportunities

  • Create personalized cultural learning journeys
  • Make language learning interactive and rewarding
  • Encourage shared parent-child experiences
  • Celebrate cultural milestones and achievements
  • Connect cultural learning to everyday life
  • Provide age-appropriate content and activities

04 — Design

Transforming ideas into experiences

Created:

  • User Personas
  • User Flows
  • Information Architecture
  • Low-Fidelity Wireframes
  • High-Fidelity Mobile Designs
  • Interactive Prototype

Focus Areas

  • Simplified navigation
  • Personalized learning pathways
  • Progress tracking and rewards
  • Interactive educational content
  • Parent engagement tools
  • Accessible and inclusive design

05 — Test

Evaluating the Experience

I conducted usability reviews to evaluate:

  • Navigation clarity
  • Content discoverability
  • Learning flow
  • Parent-child engagement
  • Progress visibility

Findings

Users responded positively to interactive learning experiences, personalized content, and visible progress indicators. Parents valued tools that helped them actively participate in their children’s cultural learning journey.

Outcome

Designed a scalable cultural learning platform that:

✓ Strengthens cultural connections between parents and children

✓ Makes heritage learning engaging and accessible

✓ Encourages consistent participation through progress tracking

✓ Supports language, art, stories, and cultural exploration

✓ Creates meaningful shared learning experiences for immigrant families