While pursuing my Bachelors of Fine Arts degree with a Business Minor at Elmhurst College, I worked full time in the Art Department at Trader Joe's. After a few years, I worked my way up to Art Department Director. Upon graduation I began focusing on my freelancing art business, Bone Designs (bonedesigns.com). I started out providing painting, drawing and graphics services and later expanded my repertoire to include tattoos and pyrography. After performing freelance graphics services for Applied Materials Technologies Inc. (AMTI) I was offered a position within the company as the Director of Marketing. Here, I am able to use my creativity, graphic design and business promotion skills as well as continue to devote time to freelancing.