52. Kathryn Gonzalez from DoorDash: Localize your design system

<p>Kathryn Gonzalez and Chris discuss the evolution of design systems from centralized to localized and how DoorDash’s design system team is evolving as their system matures. <br/><br/><b>Guest:</b><br/>Kathryn Gonzalez is the head of design infrastructure at DoorDash, where she leads design systems design, design systems engineering, accessibility, and prototyping. She was the first designer and front-end engineer at DoorDash and has been living at the intersection of design and engineering for her entire career. She loves startups, sports, and fashion and is a proud queer woman of color from the South.<br/><br/><b>Host:</b><br/>Chris Strahl is co-founder and CEO of <a href='https://www.knapsack.cloud/'>Knapsack</a>, host of <a href='https://twitter.com/thedspod'>@TheDSPod</a>, DnD DM, and occasional river guide. You can find Chris on Twitter as <a href='https://twitter.com/chrisstrahl'>@chrisstrahl</a> and on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisstrahl/'>LinkedIn</a>.</p><p>View the transcript of this episode <a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yCh96GWDi_w5GyuTiDQzHBPmN2Q9I8S2/edit?usp=sharing&amp;ouid=110546040302524924968&amp;rtpof=true&amp;sd=true'>here</a>.<br/><b><br/>Sponsored by Knapsack, the design system platform that brings teams together. Learn more at </b><a href='https://www.knapsack.cloud/?utm_source=podcast'><b>knapsack.cloud</b></a><b>.</b></p>