I grew up in Southern California as a surfer, sailor, and climber. I fell in love with graphic design and marketing when I was in high school on our Associated Student Body, and I have only nurtured the passion further since I arrived in Utah. When I first came to the University of Utah, I began working at an on-campus ad agency called AdThings where I honed in my craft of graphic design and marketing as a whole. While I was working at the ad agency, I began working at a local ski shop called Level 9 Sports. With my education and work experiences happening at the same time, I was able to practice what I was being taught in real time and learn from an on-hands experience that a lot of my classmates were not able to gain. Through my experiences at AdThings and Level 9 Sports I grew connections within the Utah outdoors community. I was also given a lot of creative freedoms in both positions allowing me to figure out what my design style is as well as experiment with other design elements. Over the year of 2025, I have expanded my comfortabilities in several design styles to create some very intriguing pieces of media for the Level 9 Sports company.