Education / Degree
Indiana Teaching License Visual Arts 5 -12 Professional Educator’s License
2010 Indiana Public Schools Indiana

Spanish Fluency Advanced - Low, Spanish LPI (Language Proficiency Index)
2009 Peace Corps Panama Panama City, Panama

Training of Trainers Teaching methodology
2009 Peace Corps Panama Panama City, Panama

Peace Corps Training Spanish language, Technical and Cultural
2007-09 I served as an ambassador of cultural exchange and good will by working, living and teaching in a foreign country.

MFA Illustration
2006 Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Savannah, GA

BA Biological Pre-Medical Illustration
2003 Iowa State University Ames, IA

Teaching experience
Career Advisor 2010-11 Merrillville High School Merrillville, IN
I work for AmeriCorps in Merrillville High School guiding students toward realistic careers that are personally and financially satisfying.

Instructor 2010-11 rTrail Collective Edge Valparaiso, IN
I teach Beginning Drawing, Beginning Acrylic painting, and Watercolor Illustration.

Instructor 2009-10 Octagon Center for the Arts Ames, IA
I taught Beginning Drawing and Watercolor Illustration.

Instructor 2004, 06, 07, 10 Iowa State University Ames, IA
I taught Introduction to Gaffing. (glassblowing)

Training Facilitator 2009 Peace Corps Panama Santa Clara, Panama
I trained new Peace Corps volunteers for Peace Corps Panama.

Coordinator 2008 - 09 Global Brigades Panama
I worked with Global Brigades’ Panama branch and served as Brigade leader for UC Berkeley and UT Austin.

Teaching Assistant 2006 SCAD Savannah, GA
As a TA for "Drawing for Design" I assisted during class, wrote lesson plans, made handouts, taught lessons, graded papers and maintained office hours outside of class for students to come in for extra help.

Instructor 2006 SCAD Savannah, GA
I maintained office hours for undergraduates who wanted extra help with drawing, painting and graphic design.

Teaching Assistant 2006 SCAD Savannah, GA
As a TA for Advanced Drawing for Sequential Art (life drawing) I assisted during class, wrote lesson plans, made handouts, taught lessons, graded papers and maintained office hours outside of class for students to come in for extra help.

Exhibitions
2010 The Art of Giving Valparaiso, IN (group exhibition)
2010 Stomping Grounds Ames, IA (solo exhibition)
2009 Capanna Ames, IA (solo exhibition)
2009 Café Milo Ames, IA (solo exhibition)
2006 Story Art Exhibition Savannah, GA (juried exhibition)
2006 Icarus Savannah, GA (juried exhibition)
2006 Will You Be My Valentine? Savannah, GA (juried exhibition)
2005 “Switch-a-Roo” Savannah, GA (juried exhibition)
2004 Savannah Hospital Savannah, GA (poster - competition winner)
2004 SCAD Savannah, GA (promotional - competition winner)
2003 The Art & Design Annual Ames, IA (juried exhibition)
2002-04 ISU Memorial Union Ames, IA (4 painting display)
2002 ISU Painting Solon Ames, IA (juried exhibition)
2001 The Art & Design Annual Ames, IA (juried exhibition)
2000 FOCUS Show Ames, IA (juried exhibition)
2000 The Art & Design Annual Ames, IA (juried exhibition)

Commissioned Work
2010 Kyle Svilar (graphic design and layout)
2010 Valparaiso Mayor's Charity Auction (1 piece)
2010 rTrail Collective Edge (3 large portraits)
2009 Peace Corps home garden manual (cover layout)
2009 Peace Corps CEC sector (logo, illustrations and brochure)
2008 La Vaina (2 full page illustrations)
2008 Asociación Eco Turística Quebró (logo)
2008 Gender and Development cookbook (cover art and layout)
2007 Peace Corps PML manual (21 spot illustrations)
2007 Peace Corps AIDS education book (cover art)
2006 Metro Spirit (1 illustration)
2006 BFG Agency (promotional image)
2006 What’s Up Magazine (3 illustrations)
2006 Charleston Magazine (2 illustrations)
2006 The Leopold Center Peer Review (cover art and layout)
2005 Deep Magazine (3 spot illustrations)
2005 Charleston Magazine (1 spot illustration)
2005 Georgia Music Magazine (promotional image)
2005 Great Lakes Family Magazine (cover illustration)
2005 The Baltimore Sun (1 illustrations)
2003 Ciccotti Gaffing studio (logo)
2002 Southern Illinois State University (5 spot illustrations)
2002 Ames Tribune (10 spot illustrations)
2001 Wickiup Hill Conservation Center (1 spot illustration)

Associations
2010-11 AmeriCorps
2010-11 United Way
2010-11 CAA member
2007-09 Peace Corps
2004-06 SCAD Combined Merit Fellowship for academic achievement and outstanding portfolio
2003 Phi Beta Kappa Induction

Media: Watercolor - Gouache - Oil - Acrylic - Colored pencil - Conté - Charcoal - Graphite
Computer Programs: Adobe Suite - MS Office Suite