Creative Professional specializing in branding, web design, and content marketing. Certified Techie. Digital Creator that empowers, educates, and entertains by sharing my experiences.
Branding, Web Design, Digital Strategy, and Tech are my primary passions. From my younger years up until now, I've always had a wide range of interests that typically revolve around nerding out on whatever I was passionate about and creating to my heart's desire. Beginning as a self-taught artist drawing the cartoons I watched and other things around my house, then I drew my way through art school before finally ending up at University Preparatory Academy High School where I was introduced to independent learning, coding, and design.
I started my creative journey with nothing but a basic understanding of Photoshop and an open mind to learn new things. After switching from Applied Engineering to Media Arts & Technology as my college major, I structured my career and college experiences to gain a skill set that would serve me well in my future endeavors. The resulting coursework takes on many forms.
A multi-talented, passionate creative who never stops learning, and forever eager to advance my knowledge and skills whenever opportunities arise!
I'm handy with Photoshop, Illustrator, and Canva, can speak HTML, CSS, and WordPress pretty fluently, and also have a surface-level knowledge of PHP, Java, and After Effects, among other things. A large part of my education and knowledge is the result of my curiosity for learning more from all my experiences, rather than just from classroom lectures. That curiosity is the reason I've spent many years learning as much as I can about my passions: Branding, Web Design, Digital Marketing, and Tech.
With over 17 years of work experience, fortunately, I've held many positions across a range of industries that make me adaptable to many roles. My work experience includes:
✔️ 15 years in the design field covering graphic design (print & digital), web design and development, brand design & strategy, mobile application development, UX/UI design, and more.
✔️ 5 years of programming, covering HTML/XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Python, Java, and more.
✔️ 9 years in the marketing field, including social media marketing, content marketing, digital campaigns, public relations and communications, event coordination, and marketing strategy.
✔️ 17 years in customer service, covering technical support, call centers, client relations, sales, customer retention, fundraising, receptionists, account management, and others.
✔️ 5 years of clerical work including administrative assistance, personal assistance, executive assistance, and project management.
✔️ 13 years in the food & beverage industry including serving, hosting, bartending, banquets, events, and catering.
Professionally, my primary goal is to become a certified Full-Stack WordPress Web Designer and Developer. To accomplish this goal, I'm focused on improving my skills by obtaining industry-leading certifications through continuing education and professional development programs. In addition, I frequently attend industry events and participate in local and online communities outside of working in my field.
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I believe that it's a basic human right to love what you do, and I make time each day to do the things I love!
Every day, I wake up with the drive to learn, grow as a person, build wealth, make a positive impact on the world, and inspire others in business and life. My personal motto is: "Eat good. Nerd out. Create more. Live free." This slogan is used as a guide that I use on a regular basis in my daily life to ensure that I'm filling my days with things that I truly value.
In my perfect reality, I don't want to have to spend my life working to pay bills and afford the necessities of the human experience. My ideal "job" would be one that doesn't feel like work. One that I could get paid a lot of money to simply live life the way that I want. Where I could set my own hours, do my own thing when and even travel for a living.
My ultimate dream is to create a profitable personal brand that positions me as a digital creator and known subject matter expert that's one of the go-to people for others in my field. To achieve this goal, I package my knowledge to share through my blog and businesses, where I'm telling my story along the journey of chasing my dreams and helping others with what I learn.
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Now that you know a bit about me, there are a few places that you can go from here.
I invite you to either:
➡ view my detailed skills and experience on my resume;
➡ check out highlights of my recent work in my portfolio;
➡ connect with me on LinkedIn;
➡ read more about me and my journey on my personal blog;
➡ or use the form below to shoot me an email!
➡ check out highlights of my recent work in my portfolio;
➡ connect with me on LinkedIn;
➡ read more about me and my journey on my personal blog;
➡ or use the form below to shoot me an email!
Whichever option you choose, thank you so much for taking the time to explore my website! I love to meet new people and expand my network so I hope to hear from you soon!
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