Graphic designer and communications support specialist focused on accessible public-facing materials, brand systems, digital content, and community-centered storytelling. Research-led practice across identity systems, editorial layout, packaging, infographics, presentation design, and web. I bring cultural context into the process as a working tool, not just a moodboard reference.

Central Piedmont Community College

A.A.S. in Advertising & Graphic Design. Foundation in identity systems, layout, typography, print production, and applied visual communication. Coursework across brand development, editorial design, and digital media.

Independent Design Practice

Concept-through-production design work across brand identity, hospitality, education, and sports identity systems. Projects include a full hospitality brand for a boutique hotel and artisan market, a culturally grounded STEAM educational product, a restaurant rebrand, and a conceptual Olympic identity system for Switzerland 2038. Work involves research, visual language development, systems documentation, and production-ready deliverables.

Retail Operations & Store Leadership

Multi-year background in retail store management covering team leadership, process systems, inventory, and real-time problem-solving. Responsible for building repeatable operational systems and training staff to use them. The same instinct for clarity, structure, and making things work under pressure translates directly into design practice.

Sweetgrass Boutique Hotel

Full hospitality identity for a boutique hotel, working museum, and artisan market rooted in Lowcountry craft and Black leisure. Scope included logo and mark system, color and typography, stationery, wayfinding, menu design, print advertising, and social media presence.

AyaFold!

STEAM learning kit concept using West African Adinkra symbolism, origami, and proverb to reframe career discovery for young girls. Scope included brand identity, product packaging, booklet design, data visualization, infographics, and persona-driven research.

2038 Olympics Brand Identity

Conceptual Olympic identity for Switzerland built on multilingual clarity, heraldic symbolism, and event-scale flexibility. Scope included logo system, mascot, color logic, typography, apparel, wayfinding-ready mark variants, and print advertising.

Brand Identity · Visual Systems · Editorial Layout · Typography · Web Design · Presentation Design · Infographic Storytelling · Data Visualization · Information Design · Wayfinding · Print Production

Adobe Illustrator · Adobe InDesign · Adobe Photoshop · Figma · Canva · Microsoft Office