About Me.


​Why
The Brave
​Creative?

When I began my career as a petite, soft-spoken woman with a baby face and adult braces, I commonly had people mistake me for a child. While I enjoyed my freedom to still eat from the kids menu, it did feel frustrating to be passed over for supposed lack of experience. I selected this moniker in hopes that it would add an aura of moxie to my personal brand. It definitely worked. People loved the name.

Thankfully, the adult braces have come off since those early days.

But I still adore the name.


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"Do what you love, and you'll never work a day in your life."
I took that adage to heart when I chose my career path. I can easily lose hours of time working on getting something pixel perfect, so I changed my degree from Secondary Education in English, and graduated with my BFA in Art + Design from Avila University in 2010.

I began my career with millennial brand developer HypeLife Brands and then honed my skills as the in-house designer The Friends of Chamber Music. I've been fully freelance as of November of 2013 after the birth of my first child.

Since that time, I've established itself as a dynamic design force in the non-profit and arts arenas while branching out to other local small businesses in the Kansas City area. I primarily produce promotional materials for print and items for digital advertising, but I will occasionally dabble in the dark arts known as web design.

In my spare time, I enjoy teaching studio art, history, and coding at a homeschool co-op; nerding out over the golden age of piracy; reading ALL THE FANTASY NOVELS; and building blanket forts with my daughters.

EDUCATION

Avila University - Art and Graphic Design
EXPERIENCE / SKILLS

Illustrator / Photoshop / In Design / Rush / Audition / HTML + CSS 

HypeLife Brands, Graphic Designer    2009-2010 

The Friends of Chamber Music, Graphic Designer    2010-2013
AWARDS / RECOGNITION
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  • 2011 Philly Award: First Place in the Informational Brochure category (Client: The Friends of Chamber Music)
  • 2011 Philly Award: Second Place in the Special Event Invitation category (Client: The Friends of Chamber Music)
  • 2017 Philly Award: Gold Award for Wonderscope Children's Museum's 2016 Annual Report
  • 2018 Philly Award: Gold Award for Wonderscope Children's Museum's 2016 Annual Report
  • 2019 Philly Award: Gold Award for The Bright Futures Fund Special Event Design
  • 2021 Philly Award: Gold Award  for The Bright Futures Fund Special Event Design
CLIENTS I'VE WORKED WITH IN MY FREELANCE CAREER
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  • Wonderscope Children's Museum of Kansas City
  • Owen/Cox Dance Group
  • In the Light Performing Arts
  • The Friends of Chamber Music
  • Summerfest Chamber Music Festival
  • Spire Chamber Ensemble
  • Dignity: Liberia
  • Trinity Wellness
  • Bright Futures Fund of Kansas City
  • The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph
  • Academy Bank
  • Select Quote
  • Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher
  • Middlepath Nutrition and Wellness
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