Joanna Vargas🇺🇸

About Joanna Vargas

Design Program Manager at Dropbox

☀️ Hi! I’m Joanna — an enthusiastic, California native living for spontaneous travel, sunshine, cold brew, and (completed) checklists.

💪 Currently, I'm the Community Design Program Manager @ Dropbox.

🎨 I build community programs that create strong design culture, connection, and craft.

Are we a good mentorship match? Here are some areas I can help with: 🗂️ Building and scaling process 🫶 Creating a special team culture, connecting remote teams 🎨 Working with creatives, designers, design operations, design process 🤓 Job searching, resume + portfolio reviews, mock interviews, networking

A few reasons why I mentor: 👀 I learn to see things differently, gain new perspectives, and fresh ideas 🚀 A boost for my servant leadership skills and time to focus outward on others 💫 An opportunity to change someone’s life and shape the leaders of tomorrow

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What mentees say

“Joanna is a super supportive and energetic mentor! We walked through my portfolio presentation, and she gave me constructive feedback to help me stand out! She also helped me to improve my job-hunting process. I can see she really wants to me succeed! I'm so glad to meet Joanna.”

“Joanna is the most enthusiastic and supportive mentor I have met till now. She took the time to write down the feedback on my portfolio and share it with me after the session. She cleared all my doubts and gave me tips on answering certain questions during the interview. I would definitely recommend her to other designers!”

“Joanna is such a warm and supportive mentor. We talked through a past interview experience, and she gave me a lot of constructive feedback. She also helped me highlight some of my past experiences to showcase in future interviews. I felt like I got energy from this session and had a clearer plan for the future. I would definitely recommend her as a mentor. Thank you, Joanna!”