>> I guess growing up I was always-- I was always pretty good at art.
I was always like the art student, you know, in middle school and high school,
but also doing well in academics.
I was always pushed away from a career in art, so I came to University
of Pittsburg and I studied architecture here.
I really liked it a lot, but it didn't feel like necessarily my creative calling.
I really liked the functional and structural aspect of it,
but I ended up going back to school for graphic design.
I graduated from the Art Institute of Pittsburg and I started off as a designer
and I worked my way up to senior graphic designer,
and now I'm manager of Creative Services.
Which I really like that position because it's not only industry in the creative end of things,
it is I'm working with interior designers, I'm working with marketing people,
I'm working with a lot of different things and the structure that I have from architecture and,
you know, academically has really helped me in my creative end of things