Personal life:
East-coaster turned Coloradan. Introverted extrovert. Small daily doses of fun. Collector of stickers. Brain full of 90's song lyrics. Chronic list-maker. When I am not busy designin', I'm busy chasing my next outdoor adventure, spoiling my Shiba Inu, or trying to improve my riding skills on my Triumph Street Twin.  

 

Professional life:
My creative journey began during childhood, when I was filling countless sketchbooks with drawings and ideas that would eventually shape my career in graphic design. Back then, it was called Communication Arts (oof, really showing my age) and the closest thing to a design internship my high school could provide was an internship at a photo studio, developing black and white film. I still miss the smell of processing chemicals and red glow of the darkroom...

 

After getting my degree from a university in Philadelphia, I landed a gig at my first licensed toy manufacturing company (the job was posted on Craigslist!) and became one of the lead packaging designers for globally recognized brands (Mattel, Disney, and Nickelodeon, to name a few). That foundation in consumer packaging later brought me to the D.C. area, where I joined the creative team at ThinkFun, a leader in educational toys and games.

 

Now based in Colorado Springs, CO, I’m serving my local creative community as appointed board member of the AIGA Colorado Springs satellite chapter and currently work remotely as a Design Manager for Hand2Mind–a Chicago-based educational toy and game manufacturing company. In this role, I oversee all packaging, product art, and digital marketing assets for the Numberblocks® brand.​​​