Background: I was born into a musical and artistic family and have embraced both like crazy. I took up piano lessons at age 7, joined choir in Junior High and started making music on my yamaha keyboard inbetween writiing little songs and experimenting with loops.In high school I sang lead for a couple garage bands a la alternative rock and after graduating I went solo and started dabbling more into the electronic genres. I started getting booked, putting together shows with touring and local artists and was gaining some marketing and design experience promoting and designing posters and flyers.

In the meantime, I worked on my Associates Degree in Graphic Design and graduated in 2004. While in school, I became interested in website design but didn't have the time to work any more classes into my schedule so I took out a lot of books at the library and taught myself the inner workings of web standards, CSS, HTML, JavaScript and even a little Flash. I have been designing websites like mad ever since. I also enjoy writing and have done a bit of copywriting for ads and press releases. I am also very keen on internet marketing and blogging.

My professional experience began with an internship during school at an assisted living company designing ads, collateral, billboards and brochures. After a couple years there I freelanced for an ad agency doing some layout and eventually took a job with a stock photography comany PunchStock / Getty Images. I worked with their content management system creating galleries, designing newsletters, brochures and promotional graphics for their websites. Around that time I had began picking up alot of freelance work including the concert posters, invitations, logos and websites for some small businesses. Eventually I made the decision to leave the daily 9-5 grind when I realized how much I loved the variety of work and clients that came with freelancing. I also wanted to spend more time at home with my own little budding artist...my daughter :) Overall, Stellar has brought me nothing but happiness because I am able to do what I love and love what I do!