In Brief
A Little About Me
I’m a digital designer who enjoys bringing clarity to complexity.
Throughout my career, I’ve been drawn to projects that help people find information, understand ideas, and navigate experiences more effectively. Whether I’m designing a website, developing a content framework, creating scalable templates, or telling a brand story through environmental graphics, I enjoy uncovering the structure beneath the surface and transforming it into something intuitive and useful.
My background spans digital design, web experiences, information architecture, brand communication, and content systems. I thrive at the intersection of user needs, business goals, and content strategy, helping organizations create experiences that are both meaningful and maintainable.
What excites me most isn’t creating another page or deliverable. It’s solving the puzzle behind it.
How I Work
Systems Thinker
I enjoy understanding how pieces connect. Whether designing a content ecosystem, a template framework, or a customer experience, I look for opportunities to create structure, consistency, and clarity.
Problem Solver
The projects I enjoy most start with ambiguity. I like asking questions, uncovering constraints, and finding solutions that balance user needs, business goals, and practical realities.
Curious Learner
Many of my favorite projects required learning something entirely new, from usability testing and information architecture to environmental design and CMS development workflows. Curiosity is often my starting point.
Collaborative Partner
Some of the strongest outcomes in my career have come from working closely with stakeholders, content creators, developers, marketers, and vendors to align around a shared vision.
B.A. | Graphic Design & Media Arts
B.A. | Art History
B.S. | Hospitality & Tourism Management
Certificates
| Build Dynamic User Interfaces (UI) for Websites | 2024 | |
| Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma | 2024 | |
| Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts | 2024 | |
| Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes | 2024 | |
| Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, and Ideate | 2024 | |
| Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design | 2024 | |
| LinkedIn Learning | Design Thinking, Social Innovation, and Complex Systems | 2023 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Unique Ways to Generate Creative Ideas | 2023 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Web Components and Modularization | 2023 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Hands-On with Design Systems | 2023 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Sketch: Style Guides and Asset Libraries | 2023 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Creating a Design System with Sketch | 2023 |
| LinkedIn Learning | UX Foundations: Style Guides and Design Systems | 2023 |
| LinkedIn Learning | UX Foundations: Logic and Content | 2022 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Accessibility for Web Design | 2022 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Sketch: Working with Developers | 2022 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Sketch Essential Training: The Basics | 2022 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Branding Foundations | 2022 |
| LinkedIn Learning | SEO: Keyword Strategy (2020) | 2021 |
| LinkedIn Learning | SEO Foundations (2018) | 2021 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Developing Visual Campaigns | 2021 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Sketch for UX Design | 2021 |
| LinkedIn Learning | User Experience for Web Design | 2021 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Design Aesthetics for Web | 2021 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Introduction to Web Design and Development (2014) | 2021 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Brand Strategy for Designers | 2021 |
| The Open University | The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing Certification | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Design Thinking: Customer Experience | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Designing Emotion: How to Use Design to Move People | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | UX Foundations: Multidevice Design (2018) | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | UX Design: Implementation Planning | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | UX Foundations: Prototyping (2017) | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | UX Design: Paper Prototyping | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | UX Design: Creating Scenarios and Storyboards | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | UX Design: Ideation | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | UX Design: Creating Personas | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | UX Design: Analyzing User Data | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | UX Design: Overview | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Planning a Career in User Experience | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Illustrator for UX Design (2017) | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Photoshop for UX Design (2017) | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Creating Ebooks for the Kindle | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Ebook Foundations | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Designing a Book | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Managing Projects with Microsoft Teams | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Configure and Manage SharePoint Online | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Learning SharePoint Online | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Learning Motion graphics | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Learning Data Visualization | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Designing a Logo | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Logo Design: Illustrating Logo Marks (2016) | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Graphic Design: Logo Design Tips and Tricks | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Creating Brand Assets | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Spotting Trends | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Logo Design Techniques | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Logo Development: Identity Design and Discovery | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Creating an Animated Infographis with Edge Animate | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Illustrator CC 2018 One-to-One: Advanced | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Marketing on Instagram (2018) | 2020 |
| LinkedIn Learning | WordPress.com Essential Training | 2019 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Logo Trend Report 2018-2019 | 2019 |
| LinkedIn Learning | InDesign: Typography Part 2 | 2019 |
| LinkedIn Learning | InDesign: Typography Part 1 | 2019 |
| LinkedIn Learning | InDesign: Designing Templates | 2018 |
| LinkedIn Learning | InDesign: Advanced Styles | 2018 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Photoshop CC 2017 One-to-One: Fundamentals | 2018 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Illustrator CC 2018 One-to-One: Fundamentals | 2018 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Print Production: Prepress and Press Checks | 2018 |
| LinkedIn Learning | The Science of Logo Design (2013) | 2018 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Learning Logo Design (2013) | 2018 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Social Media Markeing Foundations | 2018 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Content Marketing: Social Media | 2018 |
| LinkedIn Learning | Learning Adobe Animate cc (2016) | 2018 |
| Photo Art Studio Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning | Adobe Photoshop Design and Imaging Expert | 2013 |
Lifelong Learner
I’ve never been particularly good at leaving a question unanswered.
When a project requires a new skill, my instinct is to learn it. That habit has led me into everything from usability testing and information architecture to environmental graphics, CMS development workflows, and financial literacy education.
I hold degrees in Graphic Design & Media Arts, Art History, and Hospitality & Tourism Management, but some of my most valuable learning has happened outside the classroom through books, experimentation, and hands-on problem solving.
Whether I’m exploring a new design discipline, reading about business strategy, or working my way through a stack of books, curiosity remains one of my strongest drivers.
Quick Facts
Introvert
INFJ
Military Spouse
Retired Air Force
Married 24 Years
Mother of Three
NB22 | F20 | M17
Avid Reader
75-100 Books / Year
Hobby Collector
If its a craft I’ve either tried it or want to try it.
Random Quoter
Movies, TV Shows, Lyrics, Books, Other People
Wordplay Maven
Rebuses | Puns | $5 Words | Word Games
Firstborn
As if you couldn’t guess
People Watcher
But not in a creepy way
D.I.Y.er
“I think I could make that…”
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