academic & creative
academic & creative
Past Projects
Social Media Content I’ve worked on, designed, posted, and created using Canva and original designs for Club Pilates NoPa Instagram.
Club Pilates Instagram
Full Mock Campaign I made for a copywriting course that went on to achieve a silver medal award at AAF (2025). Front End Meets Backend. Figma make sit easy for all collaborators on both sides of the company can together cohesively, with one seamless line of communication and collaboration.
Figma Direct Mailer
Using the software Glance Back, I created a website with the random images that my computer took of me each time I opened my laptop. I aim to show the relationship we have with our screens; we are always looking at our computers, but what happens when they look back at you?
Glance Back at Me
Explorative and interactive story site I created inspired by the tale of Alice in Wonderland. Created with Visual Studio Code and iTerm. Connected to a paper origami rabbit I made by hand with an NFC Tag inside that linked to the site. Users would tap and hold their device on the rabbit, and would then be directed to the website.
White Rabbit
Metamorphosis - Garden of Love
A series of Folder Poems I created via Visual Studio Code and iTerm. Poems are pulled from various authors.
Garden of Love
Swan Lake - Mad Girl’s Love Song
A series of Folder Poems I created via Visual Studio Code and iTerm. Poems are pulled from various authors.
Mad Girl’s Love Song
Biographical website I created about Harm Van Den Dorpel, a artists that creates via computer and technology. The site itself is inspired by Dorpel’s work and is meant to be on theme with his creative intentions. Explore in full desktop view for the best user experience.
Net Art
Logo I created for myself via Adobe Illustrator. Created from scratch and drawn from scratch with pen tool.
Kayla
Casual mood board I designed on Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for an Innovation course I took. Mixed media using images I have photographed, original objects created via Illustrator, and art from some artists that inspire me.
Mood Board
Video of me and a friend in LA playing with balloons and making wishes. Edited by me. Music: Natural by Shelly.
Balloon Girls
Mock campaign I created with contributing members for Converse collaborating with Black Joy. Slides designed by me.
Converse X Black Joy
Creative Brief slide deck designed by me for Saie Beauty; in promotion of their efforts in sustainability. View Creative Brief Document here.
Saie Beauty
Creative Brief and Campaign proposal for Grey Bandit, collaborated with team on advertising ideas for the brand. Slides designed by me.
Grey Bandit
Grid of photos and gifs that simply function as aesthetic. I pulled these from Pinterest and was feeling inspired by this essence of fantasy and whims.
Responsive Site
A Blog Post I wrote about the revolutionary work by Cindy Sherman, The Untitled Film Stills. My essay connects the idea of art in feminism, exploring one’s own identity, and how defying stereotypes leads you to true liberation within our self-expression and identification.
Stills of Self
Within - Emanating
A series of Folder Poems I created via Visual Studio Code and iTerm. Poems are pulled from various authors.
Eminating
3 musical-oriented icons I designed for a Visual Communications class. All crafted by hand using the Pen Tool. Inspired by San Francisco, the Hippie Movement, and musicians like Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead.
3 Icons
HTML & CSS creative site inspired by some cool buttons I found. Designed for a class using Grid as an exercise.
Touching Grass
Original design I created via Adobe Illustrator, Made for a project where we designed our own tattoos. I took inspiration from the Lotus Flower and the spiritual sign of Breath and Air.
Tattoo You
Short documentary I created for a class about how painting influences and affects the brain’s function, as well as a brief history of painting in general.
Painting the Brain
Floating - Air
A series of Folder Poems I created via Visual Studio Code and iTerm. Poems are pulled from various authors.
Air
Represents the waking phases of change and the preparation we make before things start to gain their color. Top leaf and the palm of my hand are orignial photos, eyes found on Pinterest, text added and overall poster edited with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Inhale
Releasing the transition, moving toward the light and living in full color. The change is made and the lesson had been learned. All original photos, including my eyes in the center. Edits and text made with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Exhale
The actual moment of change that we undergo and the visual clash between color (leaf) and being stagnant (tree trunk). All original photos, edited and text added with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
Change
Hand Drawn Art
Inspired by Aya Takano’s art style, I drew somewhat of a self-portrait of a girl (me) flying over what looks to be Tokyo. Ohuhu Markers, Micron Pens, and White gel pen for highlights.
Soaring in Tokyo
Rendition of a portrait of me and some things I love like animals and fruit. Inspired by Aya Takano. Ohuhu Markers, Micron Pens, and White gel pen for highlights.
My Candy Land
Drawing I made inspired by Sublime. Marker & Micron.
Oh Man!
Realism and stippling on paper. My personal favorite is the balloon animal and the mouth eating olives.
Stippling & Realism
Portrait of my sister, Savanna. This was a custom request and I made this for her before her first year of college. Ohuhu markers and Micron.
Savanna’s Ocean
Drawn on a magazine page, cut out stars and used pastel, pen, and stippling as well. Similar to what my mind feels like; incorporated text for dimension, all filled with inspirational quotes and affirmations.
Eureka
Made this collage by hand, printed out each image, but them out and collaged on canvas. Aura in middle is hand painted. Completed in my junior year of high school.
Collage
A wonderfully beautiful cluster of characters I created enjoying a dinner party of some sort and half-finished game of chess.
Dinner Party
Stippling on paper of a doberman. Medium: Micron Pens
Doberman
Self-portrait of myself - art style inspired by Aya Takano. Acrylic on Canvas.
Self-Portrait: Acrylic
Portrait of Frank Ocean’s album cover: Blond. Stippling and line work
Frank Ocean: Blond
Self-portrait I drew for myself as a birthday card. I made this around my 20th birthday for my future self, and had not opened it until my 21st. This is one of the versions in which I see myself. Inspired by Aya Takano art style. Ohuhu Markers, Micron Pens, and White gel pen for highlights.
Essence of Everything
Awards
AAF Silver Medal
2026
Dean’s Honor Roll
2023-2026
AAF Golden Ticket Sponsorship
2025
Cal Grant Scholarship
2023
Selected for Davies Scholar
2026