👤PROFILE

Result-driven, dedicated and knowledgeable Visual Designer adept at composing high-quality photographs, applying professional makeup artistry and creating innovative concepts. Proficient in creating and capturing unique digital imagery along with innovative lighting post-production effects. Extensive technical and design knowledge paired with impeccable hard and soft skills.

🧰KEY SKILLS

Design Skills

Typography | Print Design | Layout | Color Theory | Compositing | Website | Lighting

Hard Skills

Photography | High Fashion/Editorial Makeup | Film/TV/ Music Video Makeup | Beauty, Bridal, Bridal, Pageantry Makeup and Hair | Glass Blowing | Glass Fusing | Lighting

Soft Skills

Creativity | Communication | Problem Solving | Planning | Leadership | Collaboration | Interpersonal | Detail Oriented | Time Management | Graced Under Pressure

Tech Skills

Photoshop | Illustrator | InDesign | Acrobat | Premier | Lightroom | Microsoft Office Suite

🎓EDUCATION

2021-09 | Gemological Institute of America Inc.  - Certificate, Applied Jewelry Professional

2021-05 | Tidewater Community College – Associates  of Applied Science, Studio Arts: Photo Media Arts, Portsmouth VA

2020-07 | Tidewater Community College – Associates of Applied Arts, Studio Arts: Photographic Media Arts, Portsmouth VA

2018-10 | New York Institute of Photography – Certificate, Photoshop for Photographers, New York NY

2018-09 | New York Institute of Photography – Certificate, Professional Photography, New York NY

 2013-05 | Tidewater Community College – Certificate, Electronic Health Records System Consulting, Virginia Beach VA

1998-11 | At-Home Professions – Diploma, Medical Claims & Billing Specialist, Fort Collins CO

1995-09 | Chester Upland School District – Certificate, Practical Nursing Program, Chester PA

1989-10 | DeVry Technology Institute – Diploma, Advanced Computer Information Systems, Woodbridge NJ

1989-10 | DeVry Institute of Technology – Bachelor of Science, Computer Information Systems, Chicago IL

🎞SPECIAL PROJECTS

2016-06 | Live to Sparkle II Reality TV

2014-06 | Live to Sparkle Reality TV, Key Makeup Artist

2013-12 | Blessings Music video, Key Makeup Artist

📂PUBLICATIONS

2018-04 | Pump Magazine, Makeup Artist

2016-08 | Fuzion Noir Magazine, Makeup Artist

2015-10 | i-Fashion Magazine, Makeup Artist

2015-05 | Elléments Magazine, Makeup Artist

2014-01 through 12-2019 | ACHI Magazine, Makeup Artist

🚧WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS

 Make-up Artistry

06-2018 | Master Makeup Class one-on-one with Mali Thomas, New York NY

06-2017 | Editorial Academy one-on-one with Victor Amos, New York NY

05-2015 | A Beautiful Face: Makeup 102 for Makeup Artists with Alexandra Butler, Richmond VA

08-2014 | Catch the Beat with MUA Renny Vasquez,

05-2014 | Beauty and the Beat Reloaded, Philadelphia PA

04-2014 | LFI Intern Program LFI Studio, Virginia Beach VA

07-2013 | Hollywood Expressions Makeup School, Houston TX

11-2011 | Hollywood Expressions Makeup School, Remote Masters Class

🎟MEMBERSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

12-2019 | Phi Theta Kappa (PTK)

05-2020 | National Press Photographers Association (NPPA)

2000-02 | Virginia State Board of Nursing (LPN)

💡RECOGNITION, SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS

2019 | Summer semester, President’s Honor Roll, Tidewater Community College

2019 | Fall semester, President’s Honor Roll, Tidewater Community College

2020 | Spring semester, President’s Honor Roll, Tidewater Community College

2020 | Summer semester, President’s Honor Roll, Tidewater Community College

2020 | Spring semester, Recipient of the Barnes and Noble Textbook Scholarship – Portsmouth

2020 | Summer semester, President’s Honor Roll, Tidewater Community College

2020 | Fall semester, Recipient of the Ejner Emil “Karl” Karlsen Memorial Scholarship

2020 | Fall semester, Recipient of the Doug Barner Fine Arts Scholarship

❤️HOBBIES