diff --git a/pinry-spa/src/components/UserProfileCard.vue b/pinry-spa/src/components/UserProfileCard.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d78ca8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pinry-spa/src/components/UserProfileCard.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+<template>
+    <div class="user-profile-card">
+      <div id="user-home-container">
+        <div class="card">
+          <div class="card-content">
+            <div class="media">
+              <div class="media-left">
+                <figure class="image is-48x48">
+                  <b-skeleton width="48px" height="48px" :active="avatarLoading"></b-skeleton>
+                  <img
+                    @load="onAvatarLoaded"
+                    v-show="!avatarLoading"
+                    :src="user.avatar"
+                    alt="avatar"
+                  >
+                </figure>
+              </div>
+              <div class="media-content" v-show="!avatarLoading">
+                <p class="title is-4">{{ user.username }}</p>
+                <p class="subtitle is-6">@{{ location }}</p>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+            <div class="content">
+              Yet another Pinry user.
+              <br>
+            </div>
+
+            <div class="tabs is-toggle">
+              <ul>
+                <li :class="trueFalse2Class(inPins)">
+                  <a @click="go2UserPins">
+                    <b-icon
+                      type="is-dark"
+                      icon="image"
+                      custom-size="mdi-24px">
+                    </b-icon>
+                    <span>Pins</span>
+                  </a>
+                </li>
+                <li :class="trueFalse2Class(inBoard)">
+                  <a @click="go2UserBoard">
+                    <b-icon
+                      type="is-dark"
+                      icon="folder-multiple-image"
+                      custom-size="mdi-24px">
+                    </b-icon>
+                    <span>Boards</span>
+                  </a>
+                </li>
+              </ul>
+            </div>
+
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import api from './api';
+
+export default {
+  name: 'UserProfileCard.vue',
+  props: {
+    username: String,
+    inBoard: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      default: false,
+    },
+    inPins: {
+      type: Boolean,
+      default: false,
+    },
+  },
+  data() {
+    return {
+      location: window.location.host,
+      avatarLoading: true,
+      user: {
+        avatar: '',
+        username: '',
+      },
+    };
+  },
+  beforeMount() {
+    this.initializeUser(this.username);
+  },
+  methods: {
+    go2UserBoard() {
+      this.$router.push(
+        { name: 'boards4user', params: { username: this.username } },
+      );
+    },
+    go2UserPins() {
+      this.$router.push(
+        { name: 'user', params: { user: this.username } },
+      );
+    },
+    trueFalse2Class(boolValue) {
+      if (boolValue) {
+        return 'is-active';
+      }
+      return '';
+    },
+    onAvatarLoaded() {
+      this.avatarLoading = false;
+    },
+    initializeUser(username) {
+      const self = this;
+      api.User.fetchUserInfoByName(username).then(
+        (user) => {
+          if (user === null) {
+            self.$router.push(
+              { name: 'PageNotFound' },
+            );
+          } else {
+            self.user.avatar = `//gravatar.com/avatar/${user.gravatar}`;
+            self.user.username = user.username;
+            self.user.meta = user;
+          }
+        },
+      );
+    },
+  },
+};
+</script>
+
+<style lang="scss" scoped>
+#user-home-container {
+  margin-top: 2rem;
+  margin-left: auto;
+  margin-right: auto;
+  box-shadow: 5px 5px 2px 1px rgba(0, 0, 255, .1);
+}
+@import '../components/utils/grid-layout';
+@include screen-grid-layout("#user-home-container");
+</style>
diff --git a/pinry-spa/src/components/api.js b/pinry-spa/src/components/api.js
index 4d912f0..885b65d 100644
--- a/pinry-spa/src/components/api.js
+++ b/pinry-spa/src/components/api.js
@@ -238,6 +238,23 @@ const User = {
       },
     );
   },
+  fetchUserInfoByName(username) {
+    /* returns null if user not logged in */
+    const url = `${API_PREFIX}profile/public-users/?username=${username}`;
+    return new Promise(
+      (resolve) => {
+        axios.get(url).then(
+          (resp) => {
+            const users = resp.data;
+            if (users.length === 0) {
+              return resolve(null);
+            }
+            return resolve(users[0]);
+          },
+        );
+      },
+    );
+  },
   fetchUserInfo(force = false) {
     /* returns null if user not logged in */
     const self = this;
diff --git a/pinry-spa/src/views/Boards4User.vue b/pinry-spa/src/views/Boards4User.vue
index 93c4f26..fd51e78 100644
--- a/pinry-spa/src/views/Boards4User.vue
+++ b/pinry-spa/src/views/Boards4User.vue
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 <template>
   <div class="boards-for-user">
     <PHeader></PHeader>
+    <UserProfileCard :in-board="true" :username="filters.boardUsername"></UserProfileCard>
     <Boards :filters="filters"></Boards>
   </div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
 import PHeader from '../components/PHeader.vue';
+import UserProfileCard from '../components/UserProfileCard.vue';
 import Boards from '../components/Boards.vue';
 
 export default {
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ export default {
   },
   components: {
     PHeader,
+    UserProfileCard,
     Boards,
   },
   created() {
diff --git a/pinry-spa/src/views/Pins4User.vue b/pinry-spa/src/views/Pins4User.vue
index 3171d87..9066537 100644
--- a/pinry-spa/src/views/Pins4User.vue
+++ b/pinry-spa/src/views/Pins4User.vue
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 <template>
   <div class="pins-for-user">
     <PHeader></PHeader>
+    <UserProfileCard :in-pins="true" :username="filters.userFilter"></UserProfileCard>
     <Pins :pin-filters="filters"></Pins>
   </div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
 import PHeader from '../components/PHeader.vue';
+import UserProfileCard from '../components/UserProfileCard.vue';
 import Pins from '../components/Pins.vue';
 
 export default {
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ export default {
   },
   components: {
     PHeader,
+    UserProfileCard,
     Pins,
   },
   created() {
diff --git a/users/serializers.py b/users/serializers.py
index 1a8234d..51b4a64 100644
--- a/users/serializers.py
+++ b/users/serializers.py
@@ -6,6 +6,21 @@ from rest_framework.exceptions import ValidationError
 from users.models import User
 
 
+class PublicUserSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
+    class Meta:
+        model = User
+        fields = (
+            'username',
+            'gravatar',
+            settings.DRF_URL_FIELD_NAME,
+        )
+        extra_kwargs = {
+            settings.DRF_URL_FIELD_NAME: {
+                "view_name": "public-users:user-detail",
+            },
+        }
+
+
 class UserSerializer(serializers.HyperlinkedModelSerializer):
     class Meta:
         model = User
diff --git a/users/views.py b/users/views.py
index fec9b4a..103fbea 100644
--- a/users/views.py
+++ b/users/views.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponse
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.functional import lazy
+from django_filters.rest_framework import DjangoFilterBackend
 from rest_framework import mixins, routers
 from rest_framework.permissions import BasePermission
 from rest_framework.renderers import JSONRenderer
@@ -20,6 +21,21 @@ def reverse_lazy(name=None, *args):
     return lazy(reverse, str)(name, args=args)
 
 
+class PublicUserViewSet(
+    mixins.RetrieveModelMixin,
+    mixins.ListModelMixin,
+    GenericViewSet,
+):
+    serializer_class = UserSerializer
+    filter_backends = (DjangoFilterBackend, )
+    filter_fields = ("username", )
+    pagination_class = None
+
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        username = self.request.GET.get("username", "")
+        return User.objects.filter(username=username)
+
+
 class UserViewSet(
     mixins.RetrieveModelMixin,
     mixins.ListModelMixin,
@@ -87,3 +103,4 @@ def logout_user(request):
 
 drf_router = routers.DefaultRouter()
 drf_router.register(r'users', UserViewSet, basename="user")
+drf_router.register(r'public-users', PublicUserViewSet, basename="public-user")