Ever since I could pick up a crayon, I have been an artist. I was born to create. I have been
involved with the arts in some fashion, all of my life. From physical mediums like pencil, paint,
and clay to digital graphics, to the performance arts whether that is on a stage or on camera,
to being a musician and playing drums, writing lyrics, and singing. My greatest strength is the
divergent way I think and perceive the world.

I designed my first logo before the age of 10 for my parents' agricultural business. I went
through school taking art classes every year. I acted in drama productions. My senior year,
the small community school that I attended, had to make up an art class for me to enroll in
because I had taken all of the art classes that they offered at the time. After high school I
chose to attend the Art Institute of Atlanta.

After attending college, I was in charge of all the graphic design and website work for my
parents' business. Eventually, they sold their business and I became a freelance designer for
several years honing my skills while working other jobs. During this time I lived in Clarinda,
Iowa and then moved to Des Moines, Iowa.

In 2015 I moved back to the Atlanta, GA area and found work within my field with a local
table company. Due to unfortunate circumstances, they ended up having to close their
business and I was stranded in Atlanta without a job. While living there, I had met my friend,Fedor Parfenov, who is a talented web developer and we decided to start “Sentient Rising Solutions”
to offer design, web, and other services to small businesses.

Fast forward a few years to 2020 and I am once again living in Iowa, and it has become apparent
that this is where I am supposed to be, at least at this stage in my life. During the craziness that
was April & May 2020, I decided to start my own personal creative brand to more accommodate
my current life. I found the creative within the chaos. “Sentient Rising Solutions” as a company
was shelved, and Fedor began his own freelance journey within web development and still
works with me on projects to this day.

In 2021 I won the “Best in Southwest Iowa” award for Local Graphic Artist, and in 2022 I was also
selected as a Favorite for the services I offer. In 2022 I also became an officer of the Fraternal Order
of the Eagles to help make a bigger impact on my community. For a large chunk of 2023, I was forced
to take a break from work as I had surgery and treatment to remove an extremely rare malignant
tumor from my spine. Now that I have overcome that speed bump, I am ready for the next chapter!

I look forward to seeing where this new journey takes me, who I meet and work with along
the way, and how I evolve as a creative. I very much look forward to finding new people that I
can help with my skill sets. If you are one of those people, or you know someone who is,
please feel free to shoot me a message!