About Me
Michaela Ware
Instructional Designer | eLearning Developer
San Antonio, Texas
I am an Instructional Designer and eLearning Developer based in San Antonio, Texas.
I specialize in taking complex processes, policies, and skills and turning them into learning experiences that are clear, engaging, and actually change how people work. Whether that's a branching scenario in Articulate Storyline, a facilitated leadership workshop, or a one-page job aid someone can reference in the moment — I design for the outcome, not just the output.
My path into instructional design started in the classroom. After four years teaching English in Texas public schools, I developed a deep understanding of how people learn, what makes content stick, and why well-designed instruction looks effortless even when it isn't. That foundation shapes everything I build. I think about learners first — their context, their workload, their real-world constraints — before I ever open a design tool.
In my current role at Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio, I've led training needs analyses across multiple sites, built eLearning and blended learning programs from the ground up, and applied Kirkpatrick evaluation methods to measure whether training is actually working. I've designed for frontline staff and executive leadership, in fast-paced nonprofit environments where the stakes are real and resources are limited. That experience has made me a resourceful, systems-thinking designer who can move from strategy to storyboard to published course without losing sight of the bigger performance goal.
I'm currently seeking an instructional design or L&D role where I can grow alongside the work — contributing to learning environments that are expanding in scope, scale, or sophistication. I'm drawn to organizations that take learning seriously as a business function, where there's room to deepen expertise, take on new challenges, and build toward something larger than a single course or project. I bring the rigor, the methodology, and the drive — I'm looking for the right environment to put all three to work. If you're building something worth learning, I'd love to be part of it.