AT 7 YEARS OLD IN CHICAGO, I WATCHED MY SISTER IN A SCHOOL PRODUCTION OF SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS AND I WAS HOOKED. I KNEW THAT I WOULD ONE DAY WORK IN PRODUCTION AND BEGAN MY ADVENTURE INTO THE WORLD OF ENTERTAINMENT. AS A CHILD I SANG AND ACTED IN SCHOOL PLAYS AND LED THE CHURCH CHIOR. I MADE CARDBOARD SETS THAT MY POWER RANGERS WOULD LIVE IN. I TOOK EVERY ART CLASS I COULD AND WON A FEW BLUE RIBBONS ALONG THE WAY. EVENTUALLY IN HIGH SCHOOL I FOUND MY RHYTHM DESIGNING AND BUILDING SETS FOR THE SCHOOL PLAYS. I LEARNED PHOTOGRAPHY, MURAL PAINTING, JEWELRY MAKING, SCREEN PRINTING, MY THIRST FOR ART HAS NEVER BEEN QUENCHED. 

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         EVENTUALLY IN MY YOUNG ADULT YEARS AFTER MUCH PARTYING AND SLACKING OFF MY MOTHER THREW A COLLEGE COURSE CATALOG AT ME AND TOLD ME TO, "PICK SOMETHING YOU'LL FOLLOW THROUGH ON BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SCHOOL AND GETTING A DEGREE." SO I FLIPPED THROUGH THE CATALOG AND FOUND A RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR DESIGN PROGRAM AND DECIDED I WOULD LEARN DESIGN SKILLS I NEEDED TO EVENTUALLY TRANSITION IN TO PRODUCTION. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER. 

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          I COMPLETED MY UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE AT HARRINGTON INSTITUTE OF INTERIOR DESIGN AND FOCUSED ON COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE. WHILE I WAS COMPLETING MY DEGREE I WORKED FOR AN EVENTS COMPANY WHERE I WORKED IN DESIGN INSTALLATION AND LEARNED FLORAL DESIGN. I CONTINUED MY EDUCATION AT CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY WHERE I RECEIVED A MASTERS DEGREE IN PRODUCTION DESIGN UNDER LARRY PAUL. WHILE IN SCHOOL, I TOOK MY DESIGN EXPERIENCE AND LEARNED HOW TO TRANSLATE IT INTO STORYTELLING. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE SOME FANTASTIC FILM PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE BECOME MY CLOSEST FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

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         AFTER FINISHING SCHOOL I ENTERED THE INDUSTRY AND HAVE BEEN WORKING CONSISTENTLY SINCE. AS A STORYTELLER I'VE LEARNED HOW BEST TO CAPTURE THE TONE AND DIRECTION PROVIDED BY THE PAGE AND EFFECTIVELY TRANSLATE THE WORDS INTO TEXTURED AND LAYERED ENVIRONMENTS. THIS JOB ALWAYS OFFERS SOMETHING NEW TO EXPERIENCE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT COMES NEXT.