about me

my design philosophy

I believe design is more than just aesthetics; it’s about creating meaningful connections and telling compelling stories. My approach is rooted in understanding the unique needs of each client and their audience. By combining creativity with strategy, I aim to produce designs that are not only visually engaging but also functionally impactful. Whether working on a logo, branding, or website, I focus on delivering thoughtful, purposeful designs that resonate with the target audience and drive results. For me, design is a process of collaboration, innovation, and problem-solving, always striving to create work that stands the test of time.

education

middle school and high school

I started my journey in the creative media field through video and video editing after completing a class project in middle school that required me and a classmate to make a video. Our video was so well recieved my teacher played it for the whole 7th grade and we were even given a special award. I knew then that I had an affliction for media. However, I only ever indulged in my passion as a casual hobby as I thought that doing video and video editing professionally was only through becoming a film maker.

This thought process continued into high school where my time to participate in video editing diminished and I started looking at more practical forms of employment. My brother was an engineer and I was pretty good at math so I believed I was destined to become an engineer.

As it turns out, I hated engineering and math. While I was skilled at mathematics and not too shabby at my engineering classes, I was incredibly unhappy. I had no passion or motivation to do work beyond the classroom and every time I stepped into my math and engineering classes I dealt with anxiety and dread. By my sophomore year of high school i was already feeling like I was heading towards a dead end I desperately searched for a new direction.

I then remembered the enjoyment that I had when I was working on videos and video editing. My brother recommended I enroll in broadcast media, this was a class dedicated to school news as they produced videos every week about school events and news. However, this class had a prerequisite and i could only take it as a senior. So for my junior year I took my math and engineering classes as well as the prerequisite class multimedia

I finally found a class that I enjoyed walking into every day. I not only got a do more video editing I was exposed to all sorts of creative media liked photography, graphic design, audio engineering, and even HTML and CSS coding for website development. I thrived in this class and did exceptionally well as my teacher would often praise my work and even hired me to do freelance work outside of the class for video editing and other small projects. I finally found enjoyment and started to see myself doing this professionally.

Then, in March of 2020, the whole world was sent home to quarantine.

After spending 3 months of completely online classes to finish up my junior year I decided I was no longer going to pursue engineering. This was incredibly scary but I was incredibly grateful for the support I received from my parents and teachers to pursue my dream.

I spent my senior year in and out of in-person, hybrid, and online classes.

Through my time in multimedia I found that I had a great eye for design and decided to explore this field a little more closely. I essentially became an intern for my high school through a class called Advanced Design Lab where I created works such as the seasonal school sports catalogs, videos, and even a temporary tech hub website for the school district.

I also enrolled in an program where I spent my first 3 hours of school at my home school and my next 4 hours I drove 30 minutes away to attend CAPS.

CAPS stands for the Center for Advanced Professional Studies, where students are immersed in a professional environement where we learn from industry professionals and leaders to ensure that what we learn in the classroom is relevant to the workforce. Durring the first semester, we learned professional skills such as creating a resume, making a linkedin, holding mock interviews and listening to several guest speakers about various topics. I was a part of the creative media and technology solutions strand which emphasized on using technology to effectively communicate ideas either through, video, web design, information technology, etc.

The Second semester we were hired as interns and got to work in real professional environments. For my internship I worked for the City of Wentzville, which happened to be my hometown. I worked in the communication department where I worked on projects such as

• social media posts
• Catalog and newsletters
• Lobby signage
• A large scale promotional video

Through CAPS I gained my first professional experience and at the end of the year I received an award for Creative Media specialist of the year.

After a very complex and peculiar senior year of high school I graduated in 2021

college

I started college as an Interactive Digital Media Major at Webster University in the Fall of 2021. I took many classes revolved around graphic design, website design, photography, and marketing. After taking a particular graphic design class I was recommended by my professor to take on Graphic Design as a second Major. I knew the journey would be rough but I decided to take on the challenge.