EDUCATION
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Master of Fine Arts in Studio, Visual Communication Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago  /  2015 – 2017

Bachelor of Science in Architecture
Texas Tech University  /  2011 – 2015
EXPERIENCE
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Creative
Apple Cielo Vista Mall  /  El Paso, Texas
March 2022 – current

Specialist
Apple Cielo Vista Mall  /  El Paso, Texas
August 2021 – March 2022

Freelance Graphic Designer
Self-Employed  /  El Paso, Texas
June 2016 – current

Staffing Supervisor
American Eagle Outfitters  /  El Paso, Texas
February 2019 – July 2020

Sales Associate / Overnight Merchandising Associate
American Eagle Outfitters  /  Canutillo, Texas
July 2018 – January 2019

Research Assistant
SAIC Visual Communication Design Resource Center  /  Chicago, Illinois
October 2016 – May 2017

Graduate Teaching Assistant
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Visual Communication Design Department  /  Chicago, Illinois
September 2016 – May 2017

Student Teaching Assistant
Texas Tech University College of Architecture  /  Lubbock, Texas
January 2015 – May 2015

Design Director
CROP 05 Student Publication  /  Lubbock, Texas
April 2014 – April 2015

Staff Designer
CROP 04 Student Publication  /  Lubbock, Texas
April 2013 – April 2014
HONORS + AWARDS

2018 STA 100
National Museum of Mexican Art, Animated Mark
The Society of Typographic Arts

New Artist Society 2015 Merit Scholar
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
EXHIBITIONS

SAIC 2017 MFA Show
Document (n.) (v.)
Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
28 April – 16 May 2017  /  Chicago, Illinois

TTU Spring Student Showcase 2015
Curriculum Architectura
First Friday Art Trail at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts
May 2015  /  Lubbock, Texas

Poetic Potential of Computers
analog light box + spatial manipulation device / with Nicolas Watkins & Christy Purcella
Texas Tech University College of Architecture, Media Elective Course Critique
December 2014  /  Lubbock, Texas

4601 Paris Studio: Study Abroad Student Exhibition
Place du Caire: Designing in the Urban Context / with Miles Valentine
Texas Tech University College of Architecture, First Floor Gallery
30 September – 24 October 2014  /  Lubbock, Texas

TTU Spring Student Showcase 2015
Kübler-Ross no. 1, 2, & 4
First Friday Art Trail at the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts
May 2013  /  Lubbock, Texas

Student Portfolio Review
For the Birds
The University of Texas at El Paso, Union East Gallery
March 2010  /  El Paso, Texas
PUBLISHED WORK

CROP 05
Place du Caire: Designing in the Urban Context / with Miles Valentine
Texas Tech University College of Architecture  /  2015

Digital Media for Design, First Edition
03_DM01_CityscapeCollage
04_DM01_ArchitectonicCollage
Maria R. Perbellini, Christian R. Pongratz  /  2015

CROP 04
Kübler-Ross no. 1 (Denial)
Texas Tech University College of Architecture  /  2014
PRESENTATIONS

PASSING & CROSSING (SAIC 2017 MFA Show Program)
Dialogue Panelist / with Rhoda Rosen, Renluka Maharaj, & George Olken
Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
05 May 2017  /  Chicago, Illinois

Professional Practice: Cooperative Education
Guest Lecturer: Personal Branding, Online Presence, & Website Design / with Lora Lode
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
01 November 2016  /  Chicago, Illinois
MEMBERSHIPS

American Institute of Graphic Arts
El Paso, Texas  /  September 2017 – current