I was passionate about animation at a very young age, starting with a fascination with animated children's movies and TV shows. My grade school teachers were often annoyed with my lack of scholarly content and more interest in my margin drawings of little characters. When I was a little older I graduated to spending most my spare time with my point and shoot camera making Lego and claymation stop-motion videos. When in high school I discovered my first actual Animation class and was sold! My teacher was working on developing the program I just graduated from. The last two years have been a lot of hard work, but so rewarding. I feel I will always be a student of this art form.My accomplishments so far:1. The Okanagan College Diploma program helped me develop practical experience with hand-drawing animation and animating with builds. I spent a lot of time doing life drawing which helped me develop a strong sense of anatomy and solid drawing. My demo reel illustrates that I have a very strong skill level working in Harmony, Maya, Photoshop, Illustrator and Premier Pro.2. I understand, and have extensive experience in, the value of working hard as part of a team to problem solve, collaborate and meet deadlines.3. Asking questions is an important part of learning and honing my craft.4. I understand that I can always improve and am not afraid of being corrected. I try my best to always be calm and focused and am a diligent worker.5. I am proud of having attracted the attention of several individuals who have retained my services for commissioned works, including tattoo art, mural/banner design. I am especially proud of having been asked to create artwork for one of the World's top CrossFit athletes, Brent Fikowski.6. Additional accomplishments: Innovation award at Dragon's Den competition, 3rd place in RoboCup, regular participant in relays at track meets, including the BC Summer Games.7. My personal interests are, drawing, learning, baking, sprinting, reading, video games and playing with my two Havanese.