As a small child, I was constantly found drawing. When my mother was lucky, it was with paper and not on her walls.

During my senior year of highschool, I had the good fortune of stumbling into an internship with a small company that made educational computer games for young children, MindPlay. Originally, I was slated to create the music for the games. When they found out I could draw, they locked me in an office with a computer running an art program called Painter and told me to come out when I had learned the software. Two days later, I was making computer art, and graphics for games.

The realization that I could make interactive art, have fun, and keep my hands clean left me with a strong desire to learn more about computers and art. So, I went off to college at Northern Arizona University, in Flagstaff, Arizona. Here, I signed up for a degree in Graphic Design. After 3 years of studying design, print, and typography... I was wearing thin. While this time was well spent in giving me a solid understanding of visual design, nothing had my heart like the interactive work I had experienced in games.

Luckily for me, my major required one semester of Computer Art. It was here I learned HTML and how to make websites. That was it for me! Making websites was the perfect fusion of problem solving and design creativity that I enjoyed. My work showed enough promise to grant me an interview with NAU's Office for Teaching and Learning Effectiveness department. I worked here for about a year and a half making online web courses for NAU until I graduated. I will be forever in debt to the wonderful people there who gave me hands on experience in making user friendly sites.

After graduation, I worked as a web designer in Flagstaff at a small company called Canyon WebWorks. They were responsible for most of the larger sites in Flagstaff and the neighboring areas, like Sedona. It was here that my skills for HTML and my love of code were really developed. After the company was sold, the new owners decided to branch into becoming an ISP, or internet service provider. What this meant, in the long run, was less funding for designing and updating websites and many cuts were made.

Shortly thereafter, I was made an offer to move to Tucson to become the Web Coordinator for the headquarters of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Here I headed up the online content and graphic responsibilites for their main site which included two bi-monthly publications, multiple chats, online donations, and an online store. During my two and a half years there, I designed and built two more sites, ALS DIVISION-MDA Web site and MDA en español.

A rewarding, but time consuming job, I decided I was much in need of some down time. Currently, I work on a freelance basis and take contracts from individuals and other web companies in need of design or quality work done in a timely manner.

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