Relevant Employment
Adobe (2019 - now)
Design Manager 2, Creative Cloud Growth (2023 - present)
Design Manager, Creative Cloud Growth (2021 - 2023)
Senior Growth Designer, Photoshop Growth Project Lead (2019 - 2021)

Target New Ventures & Accelerators (2016 - 2019)
Senior Visual & UX Designer
Senior UX Design Lead - Contract

Psi Graphics, LLC (2014 - 2020)
Founder and Lead Designer

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute 
Brand Designer for 12NCEE (2022)
World Housing Encyclopedia Technical Illustrations Projects with Professor Andrew Charleson (2021)
Graduate Intern (Summer 2013)

Erie Canal Harbor Development Corporation (2012, 2014)
Graduate Intern

Boston Valley Terra Cotta (2015)
Drafting Department, Architecture and Computation

Singleton Construction Consultants (2014)
Project Manager, Architecture & Marketing

Education
UC San Diego | Jacobs School of Engineering
Master of Science, Structural Engineering (2022 - now)
Structural Health Monitoring, Earthquake Engineering

State University of New York at Buffalo | Department of Architecture
Master of Architecture (2010 - 2014)
Situated Technologies Research Group, Inclusive Design Research Group

Teaching Assistant and Lecturer for
+ Architectural History I
+ Architectural History II
+ Structures I
+ Structures II
+ Diversity and Design
+ tutor for Structures III

Webster University | Department of International Languages and Cultures
Bachelor of Arts, German & Pre-Architecture (2007 - 2010)
Departmental Honors and International Distinction

Laney College | Department of Mathematics
Associate of Science, Mathematics (2019 - 2021)
Laney College
Scholarships and Awards
Graduate
SE Pathways Travel Grant | SEAONC Conference, Indian Wells, CA
MArch Thesis Presentation and Travel Grant for the 10th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Anchorage, AK
Finalist, Gensler Scholarship
Finalist, PELLA Architectural Fenestration Competition for "Vamp The Ramps"
Buckminster Fuller Merit Scholarship

Undergraduate
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (with the US Department of State)
DAAD Undergraduate Scholarship (with the German Federal Foreign Office)
Woman of Excellence Scholarship at the Junior Year in Munich
International Languages & Cultures Departmental Honors and International Distinction
First Place, Music Teachers Association of Missouri Composition Competition
German American Heritage Society (GAHS) Study Abroad Grant
Leif Sverdrup International Scholarship
E. Desmond & Mary Ann Lee Endowment Scholarship
Munich Summer Fellows -  Junior Year in Munich – Wayne State University and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Bravo! Grant – Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis
Webster University Dean's List
Webster University SGA Leadership Scholarship
Webster University Dean’s Award for Service
Webster University Academic Scholarship
Boys Hope Girls Hope Tahaney Leadership Scholarship
Boys Hope Girls Hope Academic Recognition Award
Relevant Skills
Technical Skills
AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite, Rhino, Revit, RISA 2D, Risa 3D, Grasshopper, Python and related libraries, Karamba, Dynamo, V-Ray, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, D3, CNC, laser cutting, 3D printing and design, IRB, user interviews, survey design, a bit of Abaqus, and a bit of C++ for computational physics side projects

General Skills
Public speaking, data visualization, high-quality writing, scientific communication, DIY construction and shop, spatial reasoning, lifting heavy objects with ease

Active Engagement
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
Structural Engineers Association of California
National Organization of Minority Architects
Black Employee Network at Adobe
NAACP
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