Education
2017-2021
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK
• BA (Hons) in Fashion Design with Marketing
2013-2017
Design and Architecture Senior High (DASH), Miami, Florida
• Focus in fashion design (illustration, construction and textiles) and fine arts
2016
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• Advanced Projects: Interdisciplinary
• Full merit scholarship
2015
School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY
• Fine Arts: Sculpture and Drawing
• Full merit scholarship
2014
Parsons the New School for Design, New York City, NY
• In depth study of the body and cloth
• Fashion Design & Illustrating
• Creating Course Coding & Journalism
Skills and Abilities
• Fluent in English; advanced Spanish, basic French and Sign Language
• Adobe Photoshop Certified Associate
• Proficient in Illustrator, InDesign, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Pages, I-Movie, Premier, Final Cut Pro
• Proficient with industrial sewing machine, hand sewing, crocheting, and needle felting, draping, flat pattern drafting and cutting
• Proficient with various art mediums
Experience
• 2020 - Design intern at “The Row" (New York, New York)
• 2019 - Design and product development intern at “TELFAR" (New York, New York)
• 2018 - Studio/ Press Intern at "YANG LI" (London, UK)
• 2018 - Intern with "Mowalola" for Opening Ceremony commission (London, UK)
• 2018 - Intern at "ASAI TAKEAWAY" for A/W18 London Fashion Week showcase (London, UK)
Awards and Achievements
• 2021 - Awarded one of the best in show "L'Oréal Professional Young Talents" at the Central Saint Martins 2021 BA Fashion Show
• 2021 - Featured in "CULTED" - CSM Ones to watch: Graduate fashion class of 2021
• 2021 - Featured in "VOGUE, VOGUE UK, i-D Magazine, WWD" - Best in show BA CAM 2021
• 2020 - Featured in "VOGUE JAPAN" - "Change/ Diversity & Inclusion"
• 2019 - Featured in “DAZED” for “DAZED BEAUTY - THE BLACK MALE BODY: Poster boys for shifting ideals of beauty today”
• 2018 - Awarded top prize for "Louis Vuitton + Central Saint Martins Accessory Design Project" commission