For more than two decades, I have worked as a graphic designer, data visualization designer, and writer, creating content and marketing materials focused on the labor market as well as on education. I approach marketing and design with a focus on customer service rather than self expression; it’s all about creating what is most effective and useful to my clients and employers while retaining honest and trustworthy messaging. My work involves regular collaboration with multiple people, teams, and organizations, receiving constructive feedback, and trying new approaches in order to communicate clearly and creatively. In the end, good design and writing are means of loving my neighbor. In addition to graphic design, I have many years of writing experience, having written marketing copy for magazines and web sites since 2001, published articles in various print and online periodicals, contributed my labor market and demographic research to white papers, and published a book in 2017. I have additional experience in teaching and public speaking, having worked as a writing and digital imaging tutor for two different universities, co-taught college classes in printmaking and art history, spoken at a variety of women's events, and volunteered for 10 years to assist elementary-aged students with reading at a local school.My landscape photography as well as my advertising and editorial designs have won local and national awards, and I continue to work hard to learn new skills for creating the best verbal and visual content I can.