Before I design anything, I go looking. For the history behind a visual world, the subcultures that shaped it and the logic of why it feels the way it does. More often than not, what I find is equity the brand already owns but hasn't turned on yet. That research is how I learn to speak a visual language fluently before I try to say anything in it.

Writing runs alongside all of it. I don't treat copy as a handoff. I write the way I design, with attention to voice, weight, and what the reader actually experiences. Both disciplines ask the same question: what does this world sound like from the inside?

Outside of design, I’ve spent eight years working in a retirement community: serving meals, housekeeping, working concierge, handling whatever the day throws at me. At some point I quietly fixed the weekly menus because the formatting was bothering me. Nobody asked. There were branding guidelines about fonts and colors. I worked within them. That's probably the most honest summary of how I operate. I show up fully, and I can't help making things better than I found them.

I'm a senior in Western Washington University's BFA Design program, graduating 2027.