CV
Career History
Independent Contractor
August 2011-November 2015
I launched my creative career as a child on a mission to earn money to buy my first iPad. In elementary school, I gained notoriety for my creative skills. My peers, teachers, friends, and family commissioned my services and initiated my budding art career. In due time, the demand for my creative work grew beyond my ability to keep up with production. I trained my friends to help me manage manufacturing, art clean-up, and administrative task. In turn, I hired my first youth employees, used the iPad that I purchased from selling my work as a business tool, and reinvested my earnings back into my craft. All at the ripe age of twelve!
In addition to my entrepreneurial and artistic accomplishments, my formal training begun through the esteemed Moore College of Art and Design, Young Artist Workshop program. I continued to attend the Young Artist Workshop program until the end of high school and gained admission to the Moore College of Art and Design Fine Arts program in 2017. I earned a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Fine Arts in 2021. I am known for my sculpting abilities and detailed diminutive structures made of clay, fiber, metal, felt, and wax.
Etsy Online Boutique Owner
March 2015 - present
Design and create multimedia works of art, promptly fulfill hundreds of commissioned works of art, lead a team of artist that assist with art production, design, and distribution
Moore College of Art & Design (Young Artist Workshop Instructor Assistant)
October 2015 – April 2019
Stocked art supply carts and closets for instructors and teaching assistants. Set up classrooms for instruction, cleaned art supplies, maintained, and inventoried all equipment and art materials
Led small group instruction for elementary school-aged children. Chaperoned youth during class transitions and student travel
Welcomed guests and assisted with program recruitment. Curated culminating activities and program events.
Moore College of Art & Design (Admissions Assistant, August 2019 – September 2020)
August 2019 – September 2020
Conducted pre-freshman and family tours. Acted as a Moore College of Art & Design ambassador and student liaison. Followed up with and maintained connections with prospective students
Facilitated prospective student and family welcome meetings, workshops, and informal gatherings
Performed routine administrative and clerical tasks. Collaborated and supported admissions team
Character Translations Inc.
Summer Intern, May 2020 – Current Position
Assisted with mascot, puppet, character accessories, costume, and prop maintenance. Supported mascot design, fabrication, and marketing teams. Maintained giant costume and mascot travel kits and assisted with the mascot, costume, puppet, prop storage, and shipping process.
Assembled more than five hundred personal protection equipment shields for the City of Philadelphia to protect citizens and first responders during the height of the COVID-19 crisis. Collaborated with designers and artists during a project to create a full-sized mask for the Philadelphia Flyers mascot “Gritty.”