Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

I'm a designer who got hooked on world-building, sci-fi, animation, video games, and never really left. I studied game design at the University of Arizona because I wanted to understand how stories and experiences are built from the ground up. That curiosity led me into UI/UX, then branding, then websites, then photography. Turns out building immersive worlds and building a great brand aren't that different. Both need to make people feel something.

Experience

Good JuJu Agency

Website Developer

2025 - Current

Building and launching client websites from scratch.

Vance LLC (NatureMed & FENO)

Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer

2024 - 2025

Brand and graphic design across two brands product lines.

University of Arizona Recreation Center

Marketing & Desgin

2023

Marketing design and visual content for campus campaigns.

Alfie Gem & Mineral Museum

Graphic Designer

2022 - 2023

Graphic design for a local Tucson institution.

Education

The University of Arizona

Major Game Design & Minor Computer Science

2018-2023

Google Professional Certificate

UX Design

2024

What Inspires Me

Design doesn't stop when the laptop closes. The same things that pulled me into design, world-building, visual storytelling, atmosphere, are the same reasons I can't stop watching sci-fi and reading fantasy. These aren't just hobbies. They're where I study composition, color, pacing, and how to make someone feel something without saying a word. Good design and good storytelling are the same thing dressed differently.

Every great design tells a story. These taught me how.

Every great design tells a story.
These taught me how.

Dungeon Crawler Carl

The Creative Act Cover

The Butcher's Masquerade

Principles of UX Cover

Red Rising

App Icon Book Cover

Golden Son

Jony Ive Cover

Uh oh, not again. You aren't supposed to see this.

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