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Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, as a third generation printer, I moved to Houston after receiving the full Tier One Scholarship to attend the University of Houston to study architecture. After three semesters as an architecture student, I felt my passion begin to dwindle, feeling detached when working on large scope. Though it wasn't the right career for me, I still have a deep love and appreciation for architecture and am minoring in architectural history.
Since becoming a digital media major, my technological skills and design style have greatly evolved. My background in architecture gave me a design style rooted in minimalism, but digital media has pushed my personal style and given me the tools to execute it. More than that, I've found a field that I love. Design is a balance of utility and art, and that is something incredible and beautiful.
The University of Houston Digital Media Program also introduced me to a new medium and passion, packaging design, which presents similar challenges to those I loved about architecture, while keeping things to a more personal scale. Packaging combines visual communication with structural engineering to create a truly unique design medium.
Tier One Full Academic Scholarship
Awarded May 2012
James Scholarship
Awarded July 2012
Clampitt Paper School Certification
Earned October 2015
PIGC Graph Expo Grant
Awarded September 2016
University of Houston
Bachelor of Science in Digital Media
Minors in Architecture, Organizational Leadership and Supervision, and Supply Chain Logistics
Houston, TX • May 2017
ACCURATE LITHO & PRINTING
San Antonio, Texas • June 2006-Present
• Collaborated directly with clients to design and produce a wide range of print materials
• Operated digital press (Heidleberg Linoprint)
• Created impositions for digital and offset production
• Worked with finishing machinery: stitching, collating and trimming
• Ran plate negatives for offset lithography presses
• Worked with third party companies for outsourced processes such as die manufacturing and embossing
Freelance Work
June 2014-Present
Worked with clients to create
• Logos
• Business cards
• Invitations
• Promotional signs
• OS X application layout
• Posters
• Promotional flyers
lab Assistant and grader
University of Houston • September 2016 -December 2017
• Assisted professor with intro level software instruction
• Worked with students one on one outside of class
• Graded student work
• Checked out equipment
• Proctored exams
• Opened and Closed Lab Space
research assistant
University of Houston • January 2017 -Present
• Assisted professor with major research project
• Findings to be presented at the 2017 TAGA Technical Conference
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