I’ve always had taste. I’ve always been conscious of the design of things and for as long as I can remember I knew what I liked and what I didn’t. I thought this was a bad thing. I’m never happy with anything, am always incredibly picking, and am always hesitant to be associated with bad design. This was always frustrating and still is, but eventually, I realized this is just who I am. I’m a designer. I care about the way things look, the way things feel, the way things work. I want these things to be perfect and realize I should make them that way. 

• Graphic Design
• UI & UX
• Film Making
• Animation
• Marketing

This led me to the University of Waterloo where I study Global Business and Digital Art (GBDA) at their Stratford campus. This program title may not make a lot of sense so let me tell you what I’m learning. The short answer is everything. GBDA is a generalist program. I learned everything from logo design to user experience design to international marketing. From this program, I have experience in graphic design, UI and UX design, UX research, videography and filmmaking, and the ethics of design, and that’s just the fun stuff.

On my own, I dabble in film photography, knitting & crochet, and baking all sorts of bread. I bring an attitude of “I can do that.” My thought is never “it would be cool to do that.” My thought is always “I can design that” “I can learn to do that,” “I can try that and waste a lot of money doing so,” “I can make that.” And I always wobble in the middle thinking maybe I can’t. But I always get there in the end.