UX Educator · Product Trainer

Designing
better
designers.

A hands-on training experience built for designers who want to develop real UX intuition — not just surface-level skills.

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Lesson · UX Research

Mental Models in UX Design

How users build expectations, and how we design for them.

Self-assessment

Where are you right now?

Map your current skills and identify your next growth area.

Framework

UX Design Principles

Core reference sheet — 12 principles.

You're not alone

Sound familiar?

Most designers hit these moments at some point. Recognising where you're stuck is the first step to moving forward.

What changes

What shifts when you have someone in your corner

There's no shortage of great design resources, courses, and communities. A mentor works differently — focused entirely on your situation, your work, and your next move.

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Guidance applied to your specific situation

You don't need more frameworks. You need someone who can look at your actual work, your specific career challenge, and tell you what to do next — not what works in general.

02

The honest feedback that's hard to get elsewhere

A mentor gives you the kind of direct, specific feedback that's rare in most workplaces — grounded in real product design experience, with your growth as the only agenda.

03

Accountability that keeps you moving forward

Regular sessions with someone genuinely invested in your progress create momentum that self-study rarely does — even when the day-to-day gets in the way.

The process

How it works

Three steps, no commitment until you're ready.

01
Free · 15 min

Take the self-assessment

Map your skills across 9 core design areas and 6 professional behaviours. See exactly where you stand — and where the gaps are — before we even talk.

02
Free · 20 min

Book a discovery call

We'll talk through your results, your goals, and what's been holding you back. No pitch, no commitment. Just a clear-eyed look at where you want to go.

03
Structured program

Build your growth plan

Get a tailored roadmap with regular sessions, real feedback on your actual work, and accountability built in — so growth stops being something you plan and starts being something you do.

Start with the free assessment

Programs

Structured programs to level up

Beyond 1:1 mentoring, these are structured programs built around your own real work.

1:1 or Group (3–5) · 1–3 yrs experience

Junior to Mid-Level Track

Learn to run a full UX process yourself, not just execute a screen. 12 sessions, weekly, over about 3 months.

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Winnie Nguyen
50+ designers mentored

About

Training that sticks.

I'm a UX educator and product trainer based in Vietnam, helping designers and teams build genuine design intuition, not just surface-level skills.

With 10+ years as a UX product designer and experience mentoring 50+ designers through ADPList and private programs, I've developed a practical, human-centred approach to teaching design, one that bridges real-world product work with structured learning.

UX Research Product Thinking Mental Models AI Prototyping Design Systems 1:1 Coaching
See my profile on ADPList
10+
Years in UX
50+
Designers Mentored
Top 30%
ADPList Mentor
2
Active Programs

What designers say

Words from people I've worked with

Designers at different stages of their careers, working towards different goals — all mentored through ADPList.

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She created an encouraging atmosphere where learning felt both joyful and insightful. Her advice on leadership combined practical experience with strong academic grounding, making every session meaningful and applicable.

William Nguyen
Product Designer · CDG Group
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Winnie gave me insightful suggestions and clear direction, which really helped me reflect on how to improve. She shared lots of helpful resources that will definitely support me in growing my skillset. Highly recommended!

Wendy Lin
UI/UX Designer
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She guided me through my questions to clarify my career path and how to grow myself. She kindly shared her experiences and introduced me to useful ways to gain skill sets to move closer to my goal of becoming a Product Designer. I feel thankful and I'm looking forward to talking to her more.

Uyen Dong Thi My
UI/UX Designer

In the room

Moments from past sessions

Workshops, talks, and classes I've run over the years, remote and in person.

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Remote sketching workshop
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winwinnie2910Everyone holding up their sketches at once on a remote workshop night.

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User persona workshop
132 likes

winwinnie2910Running a user persona exercise with a small design team.

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What is UX talk
96 likes

winwinnie2910Talking through where tech, business, and user needs actually meet.

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Coder School talk
158 likes

winwinnie2910Speaking at Coder School about guiding designers, not just instructing them.

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UI/UX Hackathon warmup
210 likes

winwinnie2910Wrapping up the UI/UX Hackathon warmup with this year's cohort.

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FabLab working session
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winwinnie2910A working session at FabLab with a few of the mentees.

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Hackathon warmup day
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winwinnie2910Behind the scenes on Hackathon warmup day.

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English class
64 likes

winwinnie2910Still a student myself. Practicing grammar in an English class.

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Design Thinking workshop
189 likes

winwinnie2910Walking a team through what design thinking actually means.

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Team photo after a workshop
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winwinnie2910Team photo after wrapping a workshop.

Philosophy

What I believe about design education

Good design education doesn't just teach tools or processes — it teaches people how to see. My job is to build that vision in every student I work with.

— Winnie Nguyen, UX Educator

Ready to start?

See where you stand — it takes 15 minutes

The self-assessment is free, takes about 15 minutes, and gives you a personalised skills map with a learning pathway before you ever speak to me. It's the best first step.

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