Artist Graphic Artist Designer Writer Academic Journalist

I have a Bachelor of Applied Science in Interactive Media Design from the Art Institute of Colorado (2005). I have fifteen years of experience as a creative professional. I use Adobe CC on a daily basis with most proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator. I am also an artist and illustrator in traditional media such as ink pen and colored pencil. From 2002 to 2005 I was a staff writer for Seventh Native American Generation (SNAG) Magazine. From 2009 to 2013 I served two consecutive two year terms on the Denver American Indian Commission for the Denver Mayor\'s Office of Human Rights and Community Partnerships. I am a 2010 Graduate Fellow of the First Nations Develompent Institute\'s LEAD Fellowship for Native American nonprofit leadership. I am a 2010 Graduate Fellow of the Center for Progressive Leadership\'s Political Leaders Fellowship. In 2012, I was a fully credentialed participant, through the Fourth World Center for the Study of Indigenous Law and Politics, to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, 11th Session. I am currently an MA candidate in Political Science at the University of Colorado Denver and an MLS candidate in Global Affairs at the University of Denver.