EMPLOYMENT Freelance Illustrator 2003 to present Clients include SandorMax, Expanding Pegasus, JuJa Juba, Poster Art, and Routledge Publishing Freelance Muralist 1999 to present Clients include Waterbury Hospital, St Paul’s Episcopal Church, The Flower Shop, Mt. Royal Elementary school, and many home owners Americorps Member placement between Jan 2007 to Jan 2008 Rochester Americorps Rochester, NY Community Arts Partner Jan 04 to May 06 Community Arts Partnerships Baltimore, MD Created and facilitated collaborative art projects with groups of inner city elementary schoolers, middle scoolers, and senior citizens, The projects consisting of mural paintings, quilts, crafts and art lessons focused on community Art Instructor Jun 2003 to Aug 2003 & Jun 2004 to Aug 2004 Silver Bay Association Lake George, NY EDUCATION B.F.A. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD, Illustration Major, Magna Cum Laude 2002 to 2006 Burren College of Art, County Clare Ireland 2005 VOLUNTEER Waterbury Hospital’s children’s emergency room mural 1999 Habitat For Humanity Summer 2005 Flanders Nature Center Art Camp 1997-2005 Mica Recycling facilitator and club member 2006 AWARDS & HONORS Lions Club International Peace Poster Contest Connecticut Association of High Schools 2002 Westfield Bruce Eagleson Memorial Arts Scholarship A.R.T.S. Scholarship MICA talent Scholarship MICA pre-college award Scholarship