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Portland, Oregon Area

Specializing in visual communication both internally within our organization, and externally to the public. Providing graphic design services to all stakeholders within the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice, including: elected officials and other decision-makers within our local and state government, employees (leadership and all work units), community partners and providers, Justice-Involved Individual clients (youth and adults). Uses graphic design and data visualization principles and tools to explain complex concepts, detailed research findings, and sensitive information to the diverse audiences that connect to our organization.

Portland, Oregon Area

Data Visualization Designer on the Research and Planning unit at the Multnomah County Department of Community Justice in Portland, OR. Interprets statistics and various data analysis results, and then designs interactive data dashboards, outcome reports, and infographics for different user environments to engage diverse audiences in the results. The Research and Planning Unit is the official source of information used by internal and external stakeholders for operational decision making, policy formulation, mandatory reporting, grant evaluations, quality assurance & improvement, media inquiries, and public release.

Portland, Oregon Area

- Has painted 200+ commissioned murals in residential, commercial and public settings.- My mission is to bring: positivity, beauty, inspiration, learning and understanding to spaces through painting murals.

Portland, Oregon Area

Collaborates with colleagues across multiple aviation sectors to create engaging visuals to support content in marketing campaigns. Designs collateral and advertising for print, infographics, social imagery and articles for digital spaces, and stands for global conferences, to support brand awareness and thought leadership in the industry. Overseeing multi-phased brand migration and re-design of all collateral.

Portland, Oregon Area

Designed print collateral, advertising, and signage for national and local events and conferences. Maintained content for conference sites through html website platform.

Portland, Oregon Area

Helps increase enrollment (for PJA) and membership (for MJCC) by supporting both marketing plans through: designing print collateral for events and programs, creating digital and print ads, and managing social media and CMS website platforms.

Eugene, Oregon Area

Worked under Senior Designers on production design tasks for a company that produces innovative and artistic donor recognition wall displays. Worked on a design concept for a wall display with a budget of $100K.

Lane County, Or.

Engaged students in collaborative mural projects and lessons focused on art history, techniques, principles and elements. Developed curriculum and taught art education residencies lasting 1-6 weeks during and after school to students grades K-12, at 10 schools in Lane County, OR.SCHOOLS: Walterville Elementary, Dos Rios Two Rivers Elementary, McKenzie School, Willagillespie Elementary, Holt Elementary, Oaklea Middle School, McCornack Elementary, Adams Elementary, and Junction City High School.

Madagascar

Digitally painted 85 scientific illustrations using Adobe Photoshop for a field guide of medicinal plants found in Madagascar. Book project was funded through National Geographic and was printed and distributed for free in 2014 to health workers in rural Madagascar villages, promoting sustainable health practices.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Hired from 200+ applicants as one of 14 interns. Assigned daily painting tasks and taught techniques to justice-involved individuals while fabricating exterior mural project in North Philadelphia. The MAP’s Restorative Justice Program strives to rehabilitate incarcerated individuals and revive neighborhoods through art. Promoted to Assistant Artist to complete the project.

Madagascar

• Lived in a rural Madagascar village for two years. Became fluent in the Malagasy languageand built relationships to integrate into the community. • Designed and painted health and environment themed murals for hospitals, homes andschools to educate the illiterate on these topics. • Led training sessions on the System of Rice Intensification agricultural technique.Participating farmers saw their rice yields quadruple. • Trained villagers to build fuel-efficient cookstoves, resulting in a significant decrease infirewood consumption. • Wrote United Nations Telefoods and Peace Corps Partnership grants for food security projects.(PCP grant funded, UN grant cancelled due to evacuation of Peace Corps.) • Provided organizational training to locally operated ecotourism campground.Helped develop a partnership between village campground and a nearby upscale resort. • Trained new Environment Peace Corps Trainees in essential job skills.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Animation, Illustration, Cumme Laude

Illustration, Photography

Semester Exchange Program, focused on Illustration and Design.