About
A Modern-Day Hermione Granger
I’ve been a ‘designer’ since well before I knew the definition of the role. The magic that earned me ‘Most Creative’ back in high school was really just a knack for visual creative organization. Show me all your pieces, and I’ll show you how they should go together. To borrow a phrase: “I’m highly logical, which allows me to look past the extraneous details and perceive clearly that which others overlook.”
I've been professionally designing digital and print graphics and communications for friends and family, groups and clients, and teams and brands since 2008. My highly refined and infinitely flexible creative processes are inspired by iterative product design strategies and allow me to translate success over various production methods and styles.
I intentionally put myself in the weeds with all types of creative teams to understand and refine their workflows. Equal parts innovative and practical, I'm happiest implementing systems and supporting initiatives that allow others to produce their best work with the highest visibility into branding and business goals.
But here's the thing: I'm what most people would call 'a lot'. It’s easy to hide my muchness in corporate tech where obsessive loyalty to the product is all but expected, but if you catch me outside the office, I'm just as fired up about something else. When I say 'all of the above' on social media, it's just cooler than proudly declaring that I’m just like almost every other brown queer millennial woman on the planet: a lover, a fighter, and a shameless nerd.
My personal experience growing up in an interracial LGBTQ+ household has always encouraged me to be decisively myself. I’m a strong leader and natural collaborator, and I navigate life with unique individualism and unshakable confidence.
As I said, I'm a lot; All of the above. But if you ask the right people, you'll see why I wear it with honor. As an employee, a colleague, a friend, a partner, a sister, a wife - it doesn't matter; if you're willing to show up and give it your best, then I'm here to match and support you.
Get into the Groove
I grew up singing the oldies with my Pappap, hymns at every church, classics with every school choir, Top 40’s with my mom during every car ride, punk rock with my friends in high school, house music at college parties, and everything Beyoncé has released since ‘Writings on the Wall’ with Destiny’s Child.
Music is one of my ‘love’ languages. I’m a logophile through and through, and lyrics are my sweet spot. If the phrase: “When words fail, music speaks” has ever evoked an emotional reaction from you, we might be birds of a feather.