Art Thru Inner Space Show, Pacific Palisades, CA
Art/ Art Show Experience
OCTOBER 2018
Artists with Disabilities, California Museum, Sacramento, CA
Participated in a group art show with other individuals with disabilities including autism, down syndrome, cerrebral palsy, etc. I am someone with Asperger’s Syndrome and featured my “Asperger’s” portrait in the show.
JUNE 2017
Artists with Autism, Heritage House, Covina, CA
Participated in a group art show with other individuals with autism. I qualified to be in this show as I am someone with Asperger’s Syndrome. However, I featured my Social Anxiety and Anxiety pieces, to showcase my anxiety towards America under a Trump presidency.
JUNE 2017
Portrait Show, Carter Sexton’s Art Store, North Hollywood, CA
Participated in a group art show with a “portraits” theme with other artists at my local art store, Carter Sexton’s, in North Hollywood. I featured both a self-portrait, The Calm State, and another psychedelic portrait, The Innocence of Beauty.
MARCH 2017
Work Experience
Starbucks, Los Angeles, CA — Barista
Worked as a barista at the Starbucks on Beverly Glen Circle. Rang people up with a big smile on the register, cleaned the store, made drinks, did trash runs, restocked items, and did anything else the store needed.
MAY 2017 – DECEMBER 2018
The Intrinsic Group, Woodland Hills, CA — Web Designer and Developer (*See LinkedIn profile for all specific projects)
Currently designing websites as part of the Intrinsic Group, which consults with nonprofit and for-profit organizations. Intrinsic Group assists with organizations’ board management and branding and helps expand their media and web presence.
AUGUST 2016- PRESENT
Independent Contractor, Los Angeles, CA — Web Designer and Developer
Built websites for a wide range of clients, developing front-end websites for small business owners, authors, artists, and real estate firms. Specialized in Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, CSS, and jQuery. 12 live websites designed. My live Web Projects are on the Web Projects page of this website.
JANUARY 2015- JUNE 2017
Graphic Designer, Stowe, VT — Graphic Designer
Worked with MySightSee, which is a marketing website that promotes local businesses in towns around the East Coast and Denver, CO. Have made ads and listings to promote local businesses. Also developed a “media kit” for them, a brochure about MySightSee to show potential clients.
MAY 2014 – DECEMBER 2014
Big Heavy World, Burlington, VT — Graphic Design Intern
Interned with Big Heavy World, which is an organization that promotes local Vermont Music. Have designed posters to promote Big Heavy World and their events. Also assisted with their WordPress-based website.
MARCH 2014 – MAY 2014
Westside Regional and Empowerment Center, Los Angeles, CA — Web Designer
Worked on a website for the Westside Regional and Empowerment Center, a government-based organization providing resources for children with disabilities and their families. Disabilities include Autism, Down Syndrome, and Intellectual Disabilities. Reconstructed each web page, edited and restyled content, to clean the pages and make content more readable.
MARCH 2013 – DECEMBER 2013
Kroll Show, Hollywood, CA — Graphics Department Intern
Interned on the Kroll Show, a comedy show, starring comedian Nick Kroll, for Comedy Central. Worked with the Graphics Department in film editing by developing title cards and rotoscoping the actors on AfterEffects.
MAY 2012 – JUNE 2012
Dermogenesis, USA, Beverly Hills, CA — Web Design Intern
JULY 2011- AUGUST 2011
Returned to Dermogenesis, USA to work on their new corporate website as a paid intern. Edited product and press images using Adobe Photoshop, uploaded those images to the website, and typed in information about each image.
JULY 2011 – AUGUST 2011
Film Roman, Burbank, CA — Production Intern
Interned at this animation production company, which animated many famous TV shows. Helped enter basic design information into the Film Roman database on “The Simpsons.” Also helped scan archived images, punch animated cells, and helped around the office.
MAY 2011 – AUGUST 2011
Dermogenesis, USA, Beverly Hills, CA — Paid Assistant
Worked as an office assistant, who helped organize shelves, scanned forms, organized and created photo books, entered customer data into an Excel database, and did other jobs that the business needed. Dermogenesis, USA produces dermatology and beauty products for medical, surgical, and beauty use.
JUNE 2007- AUGUST 2007 and JUNE 2008- AUGUST 2008
Education
Champlain College, Burlington, VT — Bachelor of Communication and Creative Media in Graphic Design and Digital Media
Class of 2014
AUGUST 2010- DECEMBER 2014
New Roads High School, Santa Monica, CA