Ximena Vengoechea
User researcher, writer and illustrator
Ximena Vengoechea is a user researcher, writer and illustrator. She wrote Listen Like You Mean It, a book about listening.
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About Ximena Vengoechea
Ximena Vengoechea trained as a user researcher and has worked at Pinterest, LinkedIn and Twitter. Her writing on personal and professional development has appeared in outlets including Inc., The Washington Post, Newsweek and Forbes. Her first book, Listen Like You Mean It, was a Next Big Idea Club finalist in 2021. She has since written Rest Easy, which earned a starred review from Library Journal, and The Life Audit, which has a companion journal. She also writes a newsletter called Letters from Ximena and works as a keynote speaker on topics such as inclusive listening, difficult conversations and preventing burnout.