Education: BFA in communications design, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York.
Career path: For as long as I can remember, I have loved to draw, but it wasn’t until I came across the work of illustrators like James Jean and Jimmy Liao that I realized illustration was a way I could make a living. I applied to a handful of art schools and ended up going to Pratt Institute. Art school isn’t for everyone, but for me, it enabled me to really explore and find out who I was as an illustrator as well as a person.
After graduating, I started out in editorial illustration, which I think is the easiest industry to break into as a young illustrator. Since then, I’ve branched out into working in the publishing and advertising industries as well. Each job that I work on is different from the last, and that makes every day in the studio interesting and challenging at the same time.