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Work experience:

September 2011- Present: Freelance Illustrator.
Completed several illustrations for private clients in various mediums. Clients ranged from shoe boutiques to commissioned portaits.

October 2011 - March 2012: Intern for Joy Cioci. Soho, NY.
Completed a wide-range of production tasks throughout the fashion district of NYC. Assisted in model fittings. Assisted in a lookbook shoot. Assisted in A/W 2012 fashion week at the Lincoln Center. Assisted the Director of Sales, Cara Waltrip, at the Coterie Show at the Javits Center. Assisted the in-house stylist, Annie Ladino, with documenting the transit of garments through photography.

February 2010 - June 2011: Assistant Store Manager for Aldo Groupe. MD.
Managed a team of associates to be competent to standards to produce effective quality sales. Analyzed sales reports on a daily and weekly basis for accuracy and integrity.

October 2008 - February 2010: Sales Consultant for
ENVI Shoes Boutique. MD.
Assisted customers in product knowledge in order to determine what merchandise best fits their needs and catered to a complete customer service experience.

Qualifications:

- Fashion experience with visual merchandising, drawing technical garment flats, and time-sensitive production within fashion.
- Experience with Photoshop and Illustrator.
-Confident sense of color coordination, composition design, and structure.
-Quick learner, committed to fulfilling responsibility, and good time management skills.
- Extensive training and experience with traditional mediums of art-making, such as charcoal, oil painting .
-Able to work efficiently in an independent and team environment.
-Fluent in Spanish.

Education:

2010 Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) . BFA.
2009 Spring Semester study abroad to Florence, Italy (SACI) .
2008 Summer Study Abroad to Greece.
2006 Carver Center for the Arts & Technology High School.

Exhibitions:

2013: Group show at The Rogue Gallery. Chelsea, NY.
2012: The Art of Fashion. The Empire Rooftop Hotel, NY.
2010: MICA Commencement Exhibition. Baltimore, MD
2010: Reflections: Fashion Exhibition. Baltimore, MD.
2010: Layer Cake: Senior Illustration Exhibition. Baltimore, MD.
2009: MICA Honors at SACI: Semester Abroad Exhibition. Florence, Italy.
2008: Greece Summer Abroad Exhibition. Karpathos, Greece.

Awards:

2013: Two compositions accepted into the 51st Illustration West Competition.
2008 - 2009: MICA Scholarship for Illustration.
2006 - 2010: A.R.T.S Recognition and talent Search Scholarship
2006 - 2010: Maryland Distinguished Scholar Scholarship.
2005: Scholastic Art and Writing Award. National silver medal for a composition.