Creating art has been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember. There was never a time that I wasn’t drawing characters or telling some kind of story. I have memories of a time before I was able to write or read where I would scribble into a composition notebook and tell my mother that I wrote a book. I would then sit with her and improvise a story of Spider-Man fighting Doc Ock as I pretended to read my series of squiggly lines. Both of my parents were very supportive of my creative expressions and my mother claims that she knew I would grow to become an artist after a drawing I did at the age of four.

When I was six years old, a drawing I did at school was selected to participate in a student art show at our local mall. Seeing my crayon drawing of a t-rex standing next to an erupting volcano framed on display with a blue participation ribbon is what would inspire me to become an artist.

I have had many artists that would inspire me on my journey, such as: Bill Watterson, Jim Lee, Tony Moore, Matteo Scalera, Kim Jung Gi, Frank Frazetta, Dean Cornwell, and Franklin Booth.

In 2022, I received a scholarship at Ringling College of Art and Design. Expected to graduate in May 2026, I am currently pursuing a Bachelor’s of Art degree in Illustration with a focus on Visual Development.