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From making furniture out of scrap fabric and cardboard for my dolls to painting pottery and selling my crafts at local markets, I've loved design from a very young age. Through many projects, my values have developed and made me into a well-rounded designer working alongside others, whether I'm developing products or fulfilling custom orders or my small business, Fishy Patchwork.
Experience
Upcycle Designer
Fishy Patchwork
2020 – Present
Founded and manage a small sustainable textile design business. Diligently designs and develops products, creates content and develops website, bookkeeps, and communicates with customers. Items sold at The Op Shop, Shop One, and Figgy Studios in Rochester, NY.
Industrial Designer
Studio 930
May – July 2023
Designed collaboratively with a spinal surgeon and an occupational therapist to ideate, prototype, and develop accessibility solution concepts for surgical tools and toileting issues, respectively.
Industrial Designer
IdeaLab
February 2023
Collaborated in a multidisciplinary team to consult our client, Speech Pathologists at the Golisano Autism Center, to develop a communication board for nonverbal children to be used on the playground.
Education
Rochester Institute of Technology | School of Individualized Study
BS Individualized Program; Sustainable Product Design and Development
2019 – 2023*
Engineering background with an evolution into the pursuit of a multidisciplinary degree with concentrations in Industrial Design and Sustainable Product Development through the School of Individualized Study. *Extended an extra semester as a Gap Year Fellow, receiving a business grant to explore and expand my small business.
Publications
Signatures Magazine Vol. 35
Therapy (2021)
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Tools
Interpersonal Design
Management
Design Thinking
Adobe Suite
Collaboration
Sewing