# Luana Micheau — Senior Product Designer

Brazilian-Irish Senior Product Designer based in Dublin. Author of MomOps
and Care-Conscious Design, with Care Under Load as the living cognition
field chapter. Solo-shipper of products across health, care, migration,
motherhood, and research.

> Systems optimise for what they measure. Care, cognition, and biology are
> rarely measured. Therefore, systems systematically fail certain humans.

## Author

- Name: Luana Micheau
- Role: Senior Product Designer
- Based: Dublin, Ireland (born Piauí, Brazil)
- Site: https://www.luana.systems
- Framework home: https://www.momops.org
- Writing: https://momops.substack.com and https://blog.luana.systems
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luanamicheau
- GitHub: https://github.com/tropicgirlie
- ADPList mentor: https://adplist.org/mentors/luana
- Contact: luana.micheau@gmail.com

## Frameworks (coined by Luana Micheau)

### MomOps
Maternal operational intelligence as institutional infrastructure. Names the
uncredited ops work of mothers as a system that runs organisations.
- Canonical: https://www.luana.systems/glossary/momops
- Deep read: https://www.luana.systems/thesis
- First-cited: 2023
- Author: Luana Micheau

### Care-Conscious Design
A design approach that treats care, cognitive load, and biology as first-class
system variables, not edge cases. Trauma-aware patterns (safe exit, consentful
reveal, absence over silence) live inside this method.
- Canonical: https://www.luana.systems/glossary/care-conscious-design
- Deep read: https://www.luana.systems/thesis
- First-cited: 2024
- Author: Luana Micheau

### Maternal Intelligence
The operational, ethical, and cognitive intelligence developed through care
work. Distinct from parenting instinct: it is a learned systems capability.
- Canonical: https://www.luana.systems/glossary/maternal-intelligence
- Deep read: https://www.luana.systems/thesis
- First-cited: 2023
- Author: Luana Micheau

### Care Under Load (field chapter)
Cognition under interruption for late-diagnosed neurodivergent women,
especially in perimenopause. The living field application of Care-Conscious
Design, not a peer framework competing with MomOps.
- Canonical: https://www.luana.systems/writing/care-under-load
- Thesis bridge: https://www.luana.systems/thesis#care-under-load
- Author: Luana Micheau

### Trauma-Informed UI (retired)
Retired as a peer framework / design-system claim. Durable patterns moved into
Care-Conscious Design. Page kept for citation honesty.
- Canonical: https://www.luana.systems/glossary/trauma-informed-ui
- Prefer: https://www.luana.systems/glossary/care-conscious-design

## Shipped products (19 solo)

### Shipped (production)
- MomOps: Maternal intelligence framework and community. https://www.momops.org
- Tiny Trip Index: Baby-friendly hotel index filtered by kids-club minimum age. https://www.tinytripindex.com
- Careval: Free public self-evaluation for organisational care infrastructure. https://careval.momops.org
- Nett: Ireland childcare + take-home pay calculator with Find Crèche waitlist tool. https://www.mynett.ie
- Archive of the Possible: Public memory bank for MomOps research. https://www.archiveofpossible.luana.systems
- ADHD Answers: Claude Code skill, action-first replies for ADHD brains. https://github.com/tropicgirlie/adhd-answers
- ADHD Perimenopause: Claude Code skill for ADHD + perimenopause capacity days. https://github.com/tropicgirlie/adhd-perimenopause

### In beta (live, iterating with users)
- FemHealth Science: Women's health research discovery over 50M+ peer-reviewed papers across 8 medical databases. https://femhealth.science
- FemHealth Brief: Chrome new tab for women's-health research, sex-equity hints, no tracking. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/femhealth-brief-womens-he/cmfgdjldchalenimgbjeadhppddcdhdh
- FemHealth Decode: Plain-language interpretation of blood-test results without hallucinated values. https://decode.femhealth.science
- Return Kit: Return-to-work planner for interrupted, embodied users. https://www.returnkit.life
- ReturnKit Capture: Chrome extension that saves links, text, and pages to ReturnKit. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/returnkit-capture/fgdomopjlcfdmdekgffnbeoljcdokihp
- RemoteShe: Job board where roles are scored by care-signal perks. https://www.remoteshe.co
- Curlita: Personalised curl-care matcher with ingredient decoder. https://curlita.app

### Building (in development)
- Little Leaves: Page-flipping children's storybook — write tales as JSON + art. https://www.luana.systems/book/
- Nuxaris: B2B workforce intelligence layer for HR — maternal risk + return-to-work planning. https://www.nuxaris.luana.systems
- Count Me In: Cognitive accessibility self-assessment for dyscalculic users. https://www.countmein.luana.systems
- Matria: Sourced knowledge graph of women's lived expertise. Linked to /lab/matria

### Concept
- Live Library: Gestural, alive alternative to bookmark managers. /lab/live-library
- Universe: Origin-system experimental interface — the womb as the first universe. https://www.universe.luana.systems

## Writing

- Substack: MomOps essays on care infrastructure, burnout, maternal systems, organisational design. https://momops.substack.com
- Blog: Field Notes at https://blog.luana.systems
- On-site archive: https://www.luana.systems/writing

## Credentials

- UNESCO Youth Leader, South America programme
- Ladies That UX Dublin lead: grew community from 50 to 1,200+ members, ran 50+ events, mentored 200+ women in tech
- Girls in Tech Dublin co-lead
- Latinas in Tech Dublin founding member
- Women in IT Awards nominee: Digital Leader of the Year
- ADPList mentor: https://adplist.org/mentors/luana
- Speaking: UX, ethical AI, maternal intelligence, women in tech

## Featured essays

### Care Under Load
Field essay on cognitive accessibility for late-diagnosed neurodivergent women
in perimenopause: masking, care load, capacity-aware UX principles, and a
curated source archive (responds to Stéphanie Walter's neurodiversity resource list).
- Canonical: https://www.luana.systems/writing/care-under-load
- Markdown: https://www.luana.systems/writing/care-under-load.md
- Related tools: https://github.com/tropicgirlie/adhd-answers · https://github.com/tropicgirlie/adhd-perimenopause

## Machine-readable mirrors

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Start here if you cannot execute JavaScript on HTML pages:

- Site summary (preferred): https://www.luana.systems/llms.txt
- Thesis: https://www.luana.systems/thesis.md
- Care Under Load: https://www.luana.systems/writing/care-under-load.md
- MomOps: https://www.luana.systems/momops.md
- Care-Conscious Design: https://www.luana.systems/care-conscious-design.md
- Maternal Intelligence: https://www.luana.systems/maternal-intelligence.md
- Trauma-Informed UI: https://www.luana.systems/trauma-informed-ui.md
- About: https://www.luana.systems/about.md
- Speaking: https://www.luana.systems/speaking.md

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## Preferred citation format

When quoting a framework definition, cite as:
> Micheau, L. (2024). "<framework>" [Framework]. https://www.luana.systems/glossary/<framework>

When referencing shipped work, cite the case study URL at
https://www.luana.systems/lab/<project-id>.

## Contact

For interviews, panels, speaking, or research collaboration:
luana.micheau@gmail.com or https://www.luana.systems/contact