About Me

I have a passion for all things creative. From starting out with a pencil or crayon at a young age, I knew I wanted to do something that pertained to art. Fast forward a few years, and I found myself in an honors art program at the Visual Art Center in my youth. This prepared me for my time at The School of Visual Arts where I studied Graphic Design and my major. I developed quickly the skills I needed to work with design legends in New York City. After graduating SVA, I worked at ESPRIT International, where I learned the function of an in-house design team that focused on the design of billboards, look books, hang tags, overall look and feel of the brand. This was such a great experience working with an international company where my work was seen in Europe, Asia, and all around the United States.

After working for many years in New York City, I found myself back in my hometown of the area of Washington D.C. The city had changed since I had my stint in New York. The art community has thrived, and has become its own community of creatives. I was drawn to working at the University of Maryland, where I spent six and a half years working in the Department of Resident Life. My audience was prospective college students that had a thirst for knowledge and fun. This allowed me to relate with the students on a creative level, following trends that would speak to them.

I found a great opportunity to move to The Washington Post. A legend in the media field, not just as a newspaper, but branding off into all aspects of what a media tech giant would be. I was hired on as a digital designer, driving revenue to the Post to keep our newsroom the best that there is in the business. This entailed digital advertising, marketing design, new innovative initiatives with proprietary advertising units. This opportunity gave an enormous wealth of creativity as the audience was not just students anymore, but an entire world that was thirsty for knowledge, and facts. As my position evolved at The Post, I’m now creating custom content user experience design, that explore storytelling in a very unique and human-centric way that relates to our educated visual readers. The past year of 2021 was The Post’s best year to date revenue, and does not plan on slowing down. Contributing to the mission of The Post has me excited to see what can be made possible next in a world of endless possibilities.