About

Experience

Present
‍—
June 2023

Design Intern
‍Saturday ^↗

June 2019
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December 2020

Staff Designer
F Newsmagazine^↗

June 2021
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June 2022

Designer
‍Elevate brands ^↗

May 2019
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August 2019

Design Intern
‍MATTE Projects^↗

January 2021
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May 2021

Design Intern
‍Core 12 ^↗

December 2018
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May 2019

In-House Graphic Designer
IRFM Creative ^↗

June 2020
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August 2020

UX Design Intern
‍VSA Partners ^↗

Volunteering

June 2022
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Current

Board member
AIGA NY ^↗

June 2021
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May 2022

Student President
SAIC AIGA ^↗

June 2021
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May 2022

Programming Chair
AIGA Chicago^↗

Education

2022
—
2024

School of Visual Arts
MFA Design

2017
—
2021

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BFA in Visual Communication Design
Dean's List

SKILLSETS

Toolbox

Brand Design
Visual Design
Type Design
Package Design
User Experience Research
Data Visualization
Illustration
Editorial Design
3D Modeling

InDesign
Illustrator
Photoshop
AfterEffects
Glyphs
Cinema4D
Sketch
Figma
InVision
Zeplin
CSS/HTML
Cinema4D

SHINY THINGS

2023

GDUSA Packaging Award
Graphis New Talent Award - Silver
Graphis New Talent Award - Honorable Mention
Graphis Poster 2024 Silver Award Winner

2022

International Design Awards
Honorable Mention in Graphic Design

2021

STA 100
GDUSA American Web Design Award
SAIC PB&J Leadership Award
Bestfolio
    Editor's pick
Illinois College Press Association
    Feature Page Design, First Place
    In-depth Reporting, First Place

2020

GDUSA
    Annual Web Design Award
    In-house Design Award
Award for Excellence in Illinois College Newspapers
    1st Place in Front Page Layout
    2nd Place in Featured Page Design
Chicago Adobe Creative Jam
    People’s Choice Award
SAIC Dean’s List for Outstanding Students
SAIC Excellence in Leadership Award

2019

Justyna Palka Scholar
SAIC Peanut Butter & Jelly Award for Student Leadership
Society of Professional Journalism
The CCC Awards for College Coronavirus Coverage

2017

HACK4GZ Hackathon
Special Award for Young Designers

Speaking & features

2023

AIGA Design Conference Panelist: Design Mentorship is for Everyone^↗
TypeCon Main Conference: How Chop Suey font became the face of Chinese food in America^↗
Typographics 2023 TypeLabs America^↗
Typographics 2023 Green-Wood Cemetery Tour^↗
The Type Podcast — Oswald Cooper and Cooper Black^↗
Type Thursday New York^↗

2022

Type Thursday New York^↗
Women of Type Book^↗
Can I Show You Something: Google Workspace+ ^↗
Women of Type Gallery Show ^↗
Typographics TypeLabs ^↗
AIGA Chicago Mentorship Program ^↗
Linus on Letters: How this font became the face of Chinese food in America ^↗
SAIC AIGA Portfolio Review Workshop ^↗
AIGA Chicago Ask + Give February ^↗
Typeforce 12 ^↗

Download Resume ^↗