Experience

Graphic Designer

The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois

Graphic Design Internship/Exhibition & Design Department

• Designed print communications material including, invitations, posters, etc. 

• Created member tote bags, special event materials, exhibition signage and ads.

• Assisted Art Director on print specifications and press proofs.

Boston Consulting Group, Boston, Massachusetts 

Graphic Design Department

• Created graphs and presentation aids for consultants. 

Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island 

Graphic Design Internship/Publication & Advertising Department

• Created graphics for campus events, theatrical events, and student groups.

• Developed ads, posters, and presentation aids.

• Assisted the Editor on graphic specifications.

Art Educator

TUMO Center for Creative Technologies, Yerevan, Armenia 

Graphic Design & Drawing Departments

• Created new course proposal and taught Surface Pattern Design. 

• Taught intermediate/advanced students within an intensive summer learning lab. 

• Demos included industry standard tools such as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. 

• Students created professional industry quality designs for presentations and portfolios. 

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Early College Program/Graphic Design Department

• Taught an intensive Graphic Design course in the Early College Program.

• Students created logos, posters, announcements, etc.

Morton West High School, Berwyn, Illinois

Visual Art Department

• Established video lab and curriculum.

• Taught advanced design, video, beginning/advanced art classes.

Frances Xavier Warde School, Chicago, Illinois

Art Department Head/Visual Art Department

• As Art Department Head developed curriculum, school art exhibitions, etc.

• Taught art for pre-K through fourth grade. 

Education 

Creative Software Specialist Certificate
Oakton Community College, Des Plaines, Illinois 

Master of Fine Arts/Visual Communication
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 

Bachelor of Fine Arts/Graphic Design
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts 

Bachelor of Fine Arts/Art Education
University of Illinois-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 

Achievements 

Art Directors Club of Boston Student Scholarship, Massachusetts
Talent Tuition Waiver Award, University of Illinois - Chicago
Grant Recipient, Intuit Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL 

Professional Affiliations

AIGA/American Institute of Graphic Arts
Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
National Women’s Caucus for Art
Woman Made Gallery Honorary Board Member