I am a letterpress printer, non-profit and small business founder, advisor and creator with a large capacity for collaboration and an attraction to organizational systems. I hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Pacific Northwest College of Art, where my studies integrated graphic design and book arts into community engagement through self-publishing. My continuing education outside of printing has focused on archival standards and practice, primarily as it relates to small heritage organizations and individual artists.
I am interested in why people create, what they put on paper, and how the personal archive can inform a larger cultural record. At my essence, I am a person interested in stories. I am interested in people telling their own stories, and I am interested in listening to (or seeing) how they are told. I am interested in asking questions that help others find their story or help define their place in the world, their connection to others and the place and time in which we live.