As the daughter of refugees (from Cuba), I was a first-generation college graduate and I wanted to pick a major that was "stable and high-earning". Studying business felt like a good path, and marketing seemed like the most creative of the branches. My first job at a full-service multicultural marketing agency provided me a clear picture of how all of the roles within marketing came together. While working as an Account Coordinator for Coca-Cola and Amtrak, I was drawn to the work of the Graphic Designers in the agency. I began to teach myself the basics of design by taking on little projects for friends.

With deep gratitude for my time at the agencies, in 2013 I took the leap of becoming a full-time freelance designer. From then on my journey from graphic design to UX was almost accidental, as being the sole designer on a project, I needed to find ways to align user needs and business goals seamlessly, organize content, and make websites that were user-friendly. I began to study the principals of UX design early on to incorporate them in all the work I did. 

Being a watercolor artist, my art and design have often gone hand in hand, as I like to mix a little bit of hand painted elements in with digital design to bring truly unique pieces of art to life across a variety of platforms.