“They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”

Edgar Allen Poe

As a child, I was always captivated by wonder and creativity. I devoured books as soon as I could read, whisking myself away to fairytale lands, where I lived and breathed the stories. I created realities with my sisters, running around in our property’s tree line, battling villains with sticks, and struggling to survive the harsh elements in our handmade forts. I illustrated my imagination with strokes of a brush on canvas, pencils, crayons, and markers. Colors, light, and words on a page held me in their vice-like grip, and so I strived to recreate what I saw.

I was beyond ecstatic to have the opportunity to publish an original poem in 2023, titled “Sprinkles,” fanning the fire in my soul to create. It was then that I knew that I was meant to follow where my heart was leading and pursue a career in design, so that I never had to stop creating. Through my designs, I can tell the stories of brands I partner with and companies I work for. I can create narratives and uphold the identities of people and products. Through my designs, I have the power to write the scripts.

Every design has a story – where the concept originated from, how the elements weave together. There is a story behind the hands that created it, their personal experiences influencing how the designer perceives the design. My experiences as a child fuel my drive for creativity. From a young age, I have worked to develop my own stories, my own worlds, often to escape but always to build upon my reality. Growing up, I learned my imagination was my only limit, and I live by that belief.