Designer. Founder. Mother.
Luana’s
field index.
I’m Luana Micheau, a Brazilian product designer and mother in Dublin. I build things I wish existed and write about what I notice along the way.
Technology, motherhood, and life between cultures. You’ll find a bit of all three here.
Browse my library
The library
A few things I’ve put into the world. Pick one up.
Kit
Life & work after maternity.Explore ReturnKit Science
Women’s health research.Explore FemHealth She
Index
Find a stay that fits your family.Explore Tiny Trip Index There’s usually
a story behind it.
What I’m building, what’s bothering me, and what living between cultures makes me notice.
Read & subscribeFrom the reading shelf
Neurodiversity, late-diagnosed women, peri, and capacity-aware UX
Essays on systems, motherhood, design, nature
Tools, books, and things that caught my attention.
Essay series on maternal intelligence
Apps & tools
The rest of my workbench. Some shipped, some still taking shape.
Chrome new tab: live women's-health research, sex-equity hints, no tracking
Chrome extension: save links, text, and pages to your ReturnKit inbox
Brazilian Portuguese localisation + translation lab · in user research
Free relocation guide for foreigners navigating Brazil
Public investing notebook with Care Score framework
Public memory bank for MomOps research
Self-evaluation tool for organisational care signals
Cognitive accessibility self-assessment
Open source
Small tools for working with Claude Code. Take a look, use them, make them yours.
The archive
Earlier experiments. Still part of the story.
And behind the projects?
A career in product design, communities I’ve helped build, and a lot of questions about how things could work better.
Explore my portfolio & case studies- Senior Product Designer · Life Sciences
- UNESCO Youth Leader · South America
- Former Ladies That UX Dublin lead
- Co-managed Girls in Tech Dublin
- Founding member · Latinas in Tech Dublin
- Women in IT Awards · Digital Leader nominee


