By day, I work in tech as an Implementation Manager, helping customers bring some pretty complex projects to life. I genuinely love what I do. I love untangling messy problems, building better processes, and helping people get from “Where do we even start?” to “We did it.”
When I log off, though, you’ll usually find me creating.
Design has always been the thing I come back to. Sometimes it’s a website. Sometimes it’s a book cover, a brand, an illustration, or a random idea that refuses to leave me alone until I’ve explored it. I just love making things, especially when they solve a problem or help tell someone’s story.
I don’t think of design as decorating. I think of it as problem solving.
The question I’m usually asking isn’t, “How can I make this look better?” It’s, “Why isn’t this working?” Once I understand that, the creative part starts to feel a lot more natural.
Always Learning
One of the accomplishments I’m most proud of is earning my Graphic Design diploma on the President’s List while working full-time, working part-time, and raising my son as a single mom. It wasn’t easy, but it reminded me that I’m capable of a lot more than I usually give myself credit for.
One thing you’ll probably notice about me is that I like learning almost as much as I like creating. I’m the kind of person who falls down rabbit holes because I genuinely want to understand how things work.
Right now that means teaching myself front-end development in my spare time. Slowly but surely, I’m learning technologies like Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS because I want to better understand the relationship between design and development. Building Muse Archive has pushed me even further, introducing me to branding, UX, product thinking, and business strategy in ways I never expected.
I’m not trying to know everything. I just never want to stop learning.
This portfolio is a collection of the things I’ve made, the problems I’ve explored, and the direction I’m intentionally growing.
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Dieter Rams
