My illustration journey began in an intensive vocational high school focused on classical and digital animation, where I built a strong foundation in life drawing, anatomy, perspective, and visual storytelling. Learning to draw for motion taught me how to bring energy, weight, and narrative into still images. Since then, I continued through self-directed specialist training, staying current with industry-standard software while refining a style that sits between character design and editorial illustration. I work fully digitally, which lets me create crisp, high-contrast art, soft colored pencil textures, and prepare structurally precise files for board book layouts, bleed margins, and print requirements.My 5-year-old daughter Jenna, is a huge source of inspiration for me. Reading children’s books with my daughter every day sparked my love for this field in a very real way, and watching how my daughter responds to illustrations showed me just how much pictures can hold a child’s attention, feelings, and sense of wonder. That experience keeps my work playful, tender, and emotionally attentive. I want the children who see my illustrations as a safe space and feel the same little spark of magic I feel when a story opens in front of them.