Hello, nice to meet you!

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My name is Grace, and I currently live in NE PA with my husband and our dog Stella. Since graduating in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in graphic design I’ve worked in the fast-paced promotional printing industry, and in leadership roles for 5 of those years.

 

From an early age, I was always creating - drawing, painting, sculpting, photography... and as I got older, I knew being an artist wasn’t a choice, but it was part of my identity. Truthfully, I didn’t always know that I wanted to be a graphic designer - actually, my dad had graduated college with a design degree and I felt every teenagers urge to go running in the opposite direction...

 

Which, ironically in the end I followed the exact same path he did. After spending two years working on my associate's degree in fine art and design at Corning Community College, I was looking towards my future with great uncertainty. Could I make it as an artist? Only focusing on one medium never felt like my calling. I loved pottery, I loved photography, I loved digital art, painting, all of it.

 

How could I settle on just one thing?

 

I first started by writing down the things I really loved and things I was really good at -

 

• Organization

• Communication

• Being a people-person

• And having a genuine excitement to talk about art, explaining my process to others - I loved the critiques!

 

So even though I wasn’t looking for graphic design, graphic design found me. 

 

So, I transferred to a design program at Mansfield University and the rest is history. I've gotten to work with brands large and small, honing my craft and enjoying every part. I love that with design, I get to be a photographer, a marketer, a salesman, an artist, a creator.

 

Turns out, it’s exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up!

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