For as long as I can remember I have been an artist.

Having gotten my hands on Photoshop Elements at the age of 11, from this young age I volunteered to design posters, banners, yearbook covers and pages, brochures, and more for my Homeschooling Coop and the Church I attended. These designs are a few examples of what I created around the ages 12-15 years old. 

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I also played with cameras and photoshop to make fun and artistic photography, mostly of myself, but also of my high school friends. 

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This love for design and photography fueled my senior year as I helped my peers by taking senior photos for them, designing their graduation party invitations, and designing the senior class t-shirts for my Homeschooling Coop.

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My design minor gave a lot of opportunities to advance my skills and experience in all adobe programs and photography. Here are a few examples of the many projects I had to design for classes.

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I have drawn and painted all along, whether with traditional mediums or digitally, and I still do in my free time. Although I do not illustrate in my professional practice, it flavors my design work, giving me that eye and passion for a good composition and pushing the norms to create unique and fantastic designs.

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