Diana is a illustrative work I created back in my sophomore year at my old high school, CCTS Gloucester Campus. Taking a few years, I decided to share her along with some of my more personal work as prints and graphic t-shirts available for purchase. Diana is my first t-shirt design and she will not be my last. I plan to continue to make my shirts and prints available in the store section of my website…coming soon 🙂
Peace of Cake is more than just a project for me, it represents my beginning as a professional designer, and its continued success is a blessing to me and the city of Camden, New Jersey.
Please, take the time to visit my family at Peace of Cake; located at 107 N 6th Street, Camden, New Jersey.
During my internship at Hopeworks ‘N Camden, I was interviewed by Nationswell about my experience there and what the program has done for me.
“In partnership with Comcast Impact, we’ve identified five AllStars using technology to change the world. From 10/2 – 11/2, visit nationswell.com/allstars and vote for one to receive $10,000 to further their work!”
Feel free to watch the video on Youtube.
I was written about by a wonderful journalist at CNN, back in April 2018.
Check it out here to get to know a little about my upbringing.
After a year of dedicated work, I completed my senior thesis project, Mitos Encantada (Enchanted Myths), an online encyclopediac experience website with four Puerto Rican Taino myths, written, translated, illustrated, designed, and built by me. The site also contained a dedicated 7,000+ word dictionary also written by me, including a bibliography. The best part is that this site is live, and an ongoing passion project of mine.
After all of my efforts, I was awarded the Senior Citation Award of Excellence by the University of the Arts graphic design department as a result of garnering enough points before a panel of 10+ judges before my peers.
Back in 2018, through a connection with my friend and mentor Marcy Morris, I discovered Camden Fireworks. Fireworks is an art gallery on South Broadway carved out of an old firehouse. The building was repurposed into an apartment and then to provide studio spaces for artists, while hosting exhibitions for both Camden City and visiting artists alike.
It was here that I became acquainted with Cassie, the poet who ran the space and welcomed me into my very first studio. It was also here, that I shared my very first exhibition with my fellow artists from the studio spaces upstairs in November 2019.
Art saves lives, but to an even greater degree; it enriches them. In May 2018, I was invited by my wonderful friend Marcy Morris, and these super cool kids to show them some basic practices of poster making and color theory.
Pictured above is Virge Phillips, a fast learner who I hope continues to express himself through his art.
I began my web design journey back in October 2017 with the help of the non-profit organization Hopeworks ‘N Camden. Then located on State Street in North Camden; for six months I worked as a web design intern designing and building websites for Hopeworks’ clients.
Developing my skills as both a web designer and professional entrepreneur, Hopeworks provided the support I never knew I needed. Check out their article about me below.