My experience

My experience is vast. Having a military husband has helped keep the variety. Some of the past locations were very slim on jobs, amongst many other things. However, I made the most of what was given to me, and I have walked away with some fantastic experiences and challenges I had to overcome. Now that remote work is welcomed more, I want the job hoping to become a thing of the past. If you would like a more recent resume, please reach out or view my LinkedIn link in the footer.

Art classes started in high school, which leaked into my associate's degree; After being nudged to go in a different direction, I obliged and went the health route. I have an educational background in health, ranging from emergency medicine to kinesiology. Becoming an EMT made my years as a beach lifeguard tremendously easier. It was an eye-opening experience in the emergency medicine workforce, but it was not for me as a career. As I mentioned earlier, I love fitness; it is a daily part of my life, but coaching or being an athletic trainer was not something I wanted to do as a career. To be blunt, I didn't want to wear khakis and have to follow a sports team everywhere. My gut told me- to go back to art. So I followed that feeling. I have worked in all sorts of physical and digital mediums. Digital has been my favorite due to the availability of more people to interact with. I think technology is fantastic. When I was younger, I was constantly pushing the limits on the computer; I find that I still enjoy doing that.

Fun facts

Programs I work in constantly:
- Figma
- Adobe Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, Lightroom, and XD
- Google Drive and Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides

‍Programs I have worked in:
- Lucid
- Azure
- Blender
- Webflow
- Microsoft Office
- Affinity Designer, Publisher, and Photo
- Mobile360
- Aperture
- WordPress

‍My favorites:
- Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Figma!

Other life goals

In no particular order...
- Advanced Open Water Diver (AOWD).
- Become official sky trash - get a Skydiving A License.
- Create my own fitness app.
- Bench press my bodyweight.
- Run a half marathon.
- Take a few flights to consider a getting a private pilots license.
- Rescue more dogs!!!
- Do 20 consecutive pull ups.

To me, this is just Lucky’s (aka Black Lightning) world and we are living in it.

Lucky's story

Lucky is a special little guy. I mean, look at him; he's beautiful. But he had a rough start to his life. He was turned into a vet around the age of one after being hit by a car. An awesome rescue group called the Rescued Rescuers took him in and helped pay for his bills to get back to health. During the start of his recovery, the vet noticed high white blood cell levels, and it turned out he was having chronic kidney failure in his right kidney. It had to be removed immediately. We say he needed the extra room for all his love for people. My husband happened to go to a pet store the same day the dog rescue was having an adopt-a-thon, and there is Lucky sitting in his green recovery laundry basket. The rest is history. The rescue group is still around to this day, we have another dog through them, and we will continue to support that fantastic group. I think a lot can be learned from Lucky, he's the toughest little dog I've ever met. Regardless of his medical background he still loves to run around as fast as he can. He gives intense looks of love, demands the most belly rubs, and has zero fear of any dog (even if that dog is ten times bigger than him). As my husband says, "Only Lucky can judge me!" 🖤⚡️