Since a young child I have been involved in creating and promoting the arts. It became an important part of my life and eventually my career. Interacting with individuals to help determine the best creative solution to their marketing or branding strategies, my strong interpersonal skills and artistic background quickly helped me find success in the graphic design industry.
Over the next eight years, I realized the importance of improving my knowledge beyond what I was experiencing in the professional design industry. These revelations led me back to school to pursue my MFA in graphic design. Graduate school presented design as something that could be interpreted from many different perspectives thus allowing for a multitude of solutions.
As an Instructor of Graphic Design, I have been able to apply some of what I learned, while developing a new skill set that includes art direction, curriculum and project development, and the further strengthening of my interpersonal communication abilities. Continuing to assess my personal and professional goals, I plan to further my education in order to better understand design and systems thinking, while also preparing for new creative opportunities in the community which I live. Only by advancing my knowledge through new challenges, will I continue to grow as a creative professional.
“We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop.” —Mother Teresa
