Surprisingly I started out graduating from the
University of Illinois at Chicago with a MS in biomedical visual
communication. After spending 2 years as a freelance medical
illustrator/designer I realized that my artistic side trumped my
interest in medicine and moved to New York in 2000 to pursue design
and photography. Being in New York gave me the opportunity to work
as an art director in both print and digital media for such clients
as Disney, Good Housekeeping, Seventeen magazine and Warner Bros. as
well as hold positions at Alloy M+M, Real Simple magazine and Macy’s
Merchandising Group. From 2008-2009 I took on a bold venture and
concepted, created and curated a design store/gallery in Greenpoint,
Brooklyn showcasing beautifully handmade and sustainable objects for
the home, to wear, to read, to eat and play. From that experience, I
hosted the first Greenpoint design conferences and held seasonal art
exhibitions featuring both local and national artists. Despite it's
short run, the project was a valuable experiment in community based
and social design. Currently I'm the senior art director at Martha
Stewart Omni Media in the weddings editorial dept. and in my free
time I follow my passion for photography. Happy to call Brooklyn my
home where I live with my two beautiful children, Jan and Äya.
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