Like many others, I went to university after high school where I earned a B.F.A. in Art from East Stroudsburg University (ESU). After ESU, I changed directions into the restaurant business which served me well for many years. It afforded me the time to develop into my next phase in life…science. I had returned to school and, while working full-time as a bartender, first earned a B.S. in Chemistry from UNC at Asheville then an M.S. in Chemistry from Bucknell University. From there, my career trajectory has been scientific research.
In 2017, I found myself at a crossroads. I asked the universe for a sign and I was directed to PVCC (Piedmont Virginia Community College). For the past few years, I’ve been working towards certificates in both Graphic and Web Design (completion May, 2022).
The objective of this website is to display some of my work and exhibit a bit of my personality through some life stories (blog). My goal is to find an interesting group of people who enjoy working in a collaborative environment and a place where I can thrive by making significant contributions to the creative process.
Newly minted graphic and web designer with strong art and science background looking to join an energetic team and contribute to the dynamic creative exchange and process.
GRAPHIC DESIGN CAREER STUDIES CERTIFICATE, 2022
WEB DESIGN CAREER STUDIES CERTIFICATE, 2022
Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY, 2002
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY, 1998
University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN ART, 1985
East Stroudsburg State University, East Stroudsburg, PA
SOFTWARE LANGUAGES
Adobe Creative Cloud (CC) Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Lightroom, Microsoft Word, Excel
and PowerPoint, Graphpad Prism, App design platform InVision.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA – SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Laboratory Specialist: Nov. 2015 – Present
THE JACKSON LABORATORY (JAX)
Research Assistant: July 2007 – October 2015
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL – SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Research Technician: Oct. 2001 – June 2007
ATLAS SIGN COMPANY – PHILADELPHIA, PA
Artist Assistant: 1985-1986
FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRY – VARIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS
Restaurant Manager/Server: 1980 – 1999
Front cover illustration, Journal of Lipid Research, August, 2007.
Front cover illustration, Molecular Biology of the Cell, May, 2007.
First author publication, Conformational dynamics of the major yeast phosphatidylinositol transfer
protein Sec14p. Molecular Biology of the Cell, 18(5), 1928-1942 May, 2007.