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I began my journey into design more than ten years ago, while learning to create museum exhibits at the University of Washington. There I developed a keen eye for art (especially contemporary) and a flair for arranging it. I created an exhibit called The Center Must Hold, embracing bipolarity and juxtaposition of image, and submitted it to the Emerging Curator Initiative.

I didn’t win that particular prize – the judges preferred the safety of an animal portrait exhibit. But I found an important piece of myself as a designer: I would push to the edge, design as much as possible with the comfort zone behind me. I would take inspiration from my artistic heroes like Dean Sameshima, Frank O. Gehry, and the rock band Ghost. I would push the envelope as far out as I could in every project.

Thankfully I learned the fine arts of collaboration and taking direction to accompany my reckless abandon. Seven years of close coordination with my teams at Cornell University Library taught me how to work as a unit, that no design is ever made by just one hand. I work with my eyes on the end product goal but with all the other stakeholders in my peripheral. I want my partners to trust my work, and I trust my partners to make me better.

I feel like right now I’m the best designer that I’ve ever been.

When my head isn’t in Adobe I tend to be a cheeky git, as evidenced by my love of lorem ipsum. I collect maker hobbies like 3d printing, model making, and writing record reviews. My resume goes over more of the specifics of how I got here.