other projects
Pinterest Shuffles Collage (January 2023)
Personal Project.
JMU Student Government Association (2022-2023)
I've greatly enjoyed my role as a student representative for SGA and my position as secretary and a lead graphic designer on the communications committee.
"About Me" Radio Ad (January 2022)
For my SMAD 342 class I was tasked with creating a radio ad to introduce myself to my peers as an ideal group member who they could choose to work with for the rest of the semester.
TikTalk Blog (Fall 2020)
In this group project, I was in charge of everything related to the website. I designed the site, edited and uploaded posts, and maintained the technical side of things. Meanwhile, my classmates chose article topics, found media, and wrote (most) of the articles.
Marsha P. Johnson Collage (June 2020)
This was a personal project I worked on during LGBTQ+ pride month. I wanted to honor the activist Marsha P. Johnson. I placed her in a dress made of rose petals, holding the NYC skyline in her glass, and added a majestic mountain and sunset background with newspaper headlines about the LGBTQ+ rights movement super-imposed.
African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Center Social Media (2022-2023)
Early in 2022 I joined the AAAD team as a social media intern. I've more than doubled the average number of likes we receive on Instagram, and been part of a hugely successful fundraising campaign that brought in over $9,000. See more of my work for AAAD here.
Article: "Britney Spears’ Conservatorship is Tied to Disability Rights" (August 2021)
I had the pleasure of guest writing an article for The Breeze, James Madison University's award-winning student newspaper. The article can be viewed here.
Shenandoah Green (Fall 2020)
This goal of this project was to create a button design for the non-profit organization, Shenandoah Green. Their mission is to spread awareness about the environment- starting in the Shenandoah Valley region.
Frankenstein Collage (April 2019)
This project gave me a unique insight into the plight of the creature in Frankenstein. My goal in making a collage was to create a visual representation of a significant part of the story. I considered various, themes, quotes, and characters from the novel while finding inspiration. Although he may not be the namesake of the novel, the creature intrigued me the most, especially the moral dilemmas caused by his unfortunate situation and actions.
Under the Influence: How Social Media Impairs the Mental Health of Teens (January 2018)
I wrote this essay as a research project in my junior year of high school, examining the connection between social media and mental health in teens. Read the full essay here.
Case Study: The Glass Ceiling of Youtube (March 2017)
This case study, written my sophomore year of high school, is a research project which examined the gender disparities among YouTubers. Read the case study here.
