I have been a graphic designer for most of my life. My early studies of interior architecture gave me an opening after graduation from RIT as a technical illustrator. I did a short stint in a contract position with Eastman Kodak as a Space Planner. But I was lead into a graphic design position working for Xerox Corporation back in the days of drafting boards, paste up, wax, and crescent boards. I hungered to have my own firm one day, yet my skills led me to an amazing opportunity during the dawning of wireless telephony and my role expanded into state-wide marketing management positions. I eventually achieved my dream of owning my own business where I enjoyed serving a wide variety of clients. Design has been good to me, and in 2007 I ventured back to grad school to earn an MFA so that I could teach at the college level giving back to the profession to the next generation of up-and-coming designers.