Theory and criticism caught my attention in the early years of my college career. My copies of Foucault, Anzaldúa, and Gramsci would be annotated til they were undecipherable with notes bursting from the margins. In my mind, theory was the study of literature, the nature of it’s principles for analysis, and a subject I thought was my strong suit.

Years later, my bundle of annotated notes are stored away in a drawer and I sit hunched over my computer trying to decode the plain English on the lab article. Objects are abstract entities that contains data and behaviors. …

From a young age I’ve always self identified as an artist and nothing else. My passion lies within creating compositions that work harmoniously and intentionally to evoke a specific message to the viewer. I grew up with the idea that my career was limited to the arts because it was the only subject I knew (at the time) I was able to transform a concept into something fully realized. Whether it was a critical literary essay or an illustration, I found immense gratification within the process of composing ideas. The logical step to pursue a career as a freelance illustrator…