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Simply a jill-of-all-trades.

I take pleasure in experimenting, playing with, dabbling in and pushing design and coloring outside the lines of the mundane, while avoiding the pitfalls of online blight by orchestrating the elements and principles of design

Disney

Visited Disney World 14 different times, including Disneyland Paris. I am a fan and believe they have the best all-inclusive vacation packages.

Europe

Lived in Germany for 2 years, and visited the neighboring countries of France, Italy and Switzerland on occasion.

Multilingual

Only on my third language, my goal is to become fluid in both French and 한국어에.

7 academic institutes

Attended 7 different colleges and universities over the course of my studies, studied 7 seperate majors which include: architecture, interior design, graphic design, web design, real estate appraisal, drafting and logistics.

Interdisciplinary Designer

To find the means of collecting all the knowledge of every software, every programming language; that would mean I have managed to master none. But never fear, some of my skills are included here:

Web Design

Graphic Design

A11y

Rapid Prototyping

UI/UX

Fine Arts

Ever Evolving

Do you need a Web Heroine?

The Wacom pen is mightier than
the sword.

Accessible Design

Beginning with A11y and the user AND continuing from concept through code to make an Inclusive digital design.

Development

Experience in front-end code, styles and web markup to prototype a working model of the assets and ideas.

User Experience

Craft intuitive interactions and workflows informed by market research. Use qualitative and quantitative user research to prioritize design work and communicate results.



Passion for Learning

Self-motivated, able to work independently and perform multiple tasks under minimal supervision.

Visual Design

Experience in designing visual communication, layout, typography, color, and the principles of design to elicit emotional connections and intuitive, intelligent responses from the audience. Pixel perfect precision skills in Adobe Creative Cloud and Creative Suite.

Formal Education

BFA in Web Design & Digital Media from the Art Institute.

Graduate student in HCI at University of Maryland – College Park.

  • Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

    Dr.Suess

  • If you never did, you should. These things are fun,
    and fun is good.

    Dr.Seuss

  • A lazy designer/developer's work is twice
    as hard.

    – unknown

Accessibility and User Experience may not be innovative, but innovation needs to be user-centered and meet (WCAG) Accessibility!

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