ABOUT
I am a recently graduated young artist with a BFA in Product Design that is looking to participate in a larger collective focused on creating for live performance, events, or experiential design.
I am trained to breakdown a starting problem or opportunity and then take it all the way through to manufacturing and production. I also have a background in fashion design and special effects makeup for theater and film. My strengths lie in sewing, prop-building, drawing, and public speaking/relations. I also have strong interests in sustainability and mental health.
I am a very passionate, hard-working individual who enjoys having a strong work ethic and drive. I believe strongly in community and tend to be a very outgoing and positive person.

resume-job experience
Special Fx Makeup Intern
Francia Cohen EFX- San Diego, CA
Assisted special effects makeup jobs for theatre, film, and live events
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Assistant Teacher
CYT- San Diego, CA
Assistant teacher to a “glitz, glamour, and gore” makeup class for ages 8-16 at Christian Youth Theater.
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Gallery Attendant
Wonderspaces-San Diego, CA
Responsible for customer interaction and daily maintenance of art exhibits.
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Head Receptionist/ Managerial Assistant
Wonderspaces- San Diego, CA
Responsible for at-door ticket sales, training new employees, handling customer service issues, aiding the managers, and handling money.
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Social Media Manager
Otis College of Art and Design- LA, CA
Responsible for researching design-related news and keeping the product department’s FB page up-to-date.
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Teaching Assistant
Otis College of Art and Design- LA, CA
Teaching assistant for Prop Design Elective (1 semester), Visual Communication for Product Design (2 semesters), Soft Goods Studio (2 semesters), Interdisciplinary Arts and Teaching Elective (1 semester), Digital Design 3d Modeling (1 semester), Digital Design Adobe Studio (1 semester)
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Product Designer
PsykoTwerp- San Diego, CA
I own and operate a small clothing and accessory business. I handle all aspects of design and production as well as sales and advertising.
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Scenic Craftsperson
Seaworld- San Diego, CA
I own and operate a small clothing and accessory business. I handle all aspects of design and production as well as sales and advertising.
September 2015- 2016
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January -May 2016
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June 2016- August 2016
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May 2017- August 2017
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January 2018- January 2019
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September 2018- May 2020
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July 2020- Now
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November 2021- Now
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Schooling
High School Diploma 2013-2015
La Jolla High School- La Jolla, CA
Bachelors Degree in Product Design 2015-2020
Otis College of Art and Design- LA, CA
Graduated with Honors.
technical skills
Programs
crafting skills
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Sewing (home and industrial)
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Pattern-making
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Moldmaking
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Technical drawing
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Illustrating/ Rendering (digital and by hand)
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Screenprinting
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Airbrushing
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Sautering/ Welding
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Can operate hand and shop saws/ routers/ sanders






Adobe PhotoShop
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Adobe Illustrator
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Adobe In-Design
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Rhino 3d Modeling Software​
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Vray Rendering Software
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Lightworks

design process
direction
designing
execution
interests
I am very interested in science, psychology, and spirituality and how they convene on each other. Most of my personal time is dedicated to reading​​, writing, and drawing on these topics.
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I am also very interested in holistic living and mental health and want to help create experiences that improve mental health stigma and/or promote sustainable practices through re-evaluating our daily practices and scope of the world.
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GENERAL AREAS OF INTEREST
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Hermeticism
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Meditation
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The study and history of magic
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World mythology
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Mental health advocacy
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Spirituality
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Quantum physics
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City planning
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System operations
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History
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Youth engagement
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Community art
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Sustainability
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Astrology/ astronomy
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Event planning
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Special fx makeup
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Beatboxing
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Gymnastics
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Live entertainment

background
​​I grew up in an academically rigorous environment, being placed into a special education program for gifted students at the age of 8. I stayed in this program from 3rd grade up until I graduated high school. Throughout my formative years, I had kept a steady 4.0 GPA-expecting to eventually attend an IVY league school like most of my peers. However, I had been artistically inclined since the fourth grade and, midway through high school, I decided I wanted to pursue a field in art and design as opposed to something STEM or humanities-related.
Around this time, I started to vary my artistic endeavors and got heavily involved in costume and prop-making. The summer I graduated, I took that time to take courses at an array of design schools throughout the summer. I then took a gap year to work on my portfolio and work entry-level jobs. This gave me time to get job experience while I interned with a special effects makeup artist and researched design schools. With my work in prop/costume and illustration, I assumed I would go toward a theater or fashion design degree. I ended up attending Otis College of Art and Design as a fashion design major. After a little over a year, I decided that my interests were too varied for that particular major and decided to make the switch to product design.
Switching to this major was probably one of the best decisions I had ever made for myself. Product design emphasized learning a flexible design process and then being able to apply that to whatever interests we wanted to pursue. I spent the rest of my school years here and learned crafting skills (everywhere from welding and mold-making, to pattern-making and leather-working) as well as how to communicate an idea effectively, ideate off/ refine it, and then present it in a cohesive manner. I graduated with honors in the spring of 2020 and am now in San Diego ready to add to a larger collective.
artist statement
I like to lean into the chaotic parts of life and live in the liminal space.
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I am interested in pushing the boundaries of what compromises our reality and testing the limits of what creation can outlet. I want to explore the many dimensions of being (emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical) that humans experience through focusing on authenticity and how that can lead to self-agency. My personal work is a gothic, neon, acid-washed way I interpret the unseen realm and I try to use these visuals as a means to communicate and understand faith and spirituality in a way that rebrands it within modern contexts. My ultimate aim is to offer a more constructive and holistic conceptual model for mental health and to bring active consciousness back to lifestyle habits and issues.
