Education
My educational experience has included formal training in User Experience Design, Graphic Design, and Front-End Web Development/Website Design. I’ve been fortunate to attend four different colleges, as I continue to expand my knowledge and skills.
Western Governors University, Salt Lake, UT
Bachelor of Science in User Experience Design (December 19, 2025)
Coursework:
- Composition: Writing with a Strategy
- Introduction to Communication: Connecting with Others
- Influential Communication through Visual Design and Storytelling
- Applied Probability and Statistics
- Integrated Physical Sciences
- World History: Diverse Cultures and Global Connections
- Critical Thinking: Reason and Evidence
- Ethics in Technology
- Introduction to Systems Thinking and Applications
- Foundations of Design
- Organizational Behavior
- Giving, Receiving, and Incorporating Feedback
- Innovative and Strategic Thinking
- Adapting to Ambiguity
- Design Applications
- Business Environment Applications, Part 1: Business Structures and Legal Environment
- Empathy and Inclusive Collaboration
- Principles of Management
- Fundamentals of Spreadsheets and Data Presentations
- Principles of Financial and Managerial Accounting
- Navigating Complex Problems
- Finance Skills for Managers
- Strategies for Emphasizing, Defining, and Ideating
- Project Management
- Business Environment Applications, Part 2: Process Logistics, and Operations
- Change Management
- Concepts in Marketing, Sales, and Customer Support
- Prototyping and Iterating I
- Prototyping and Iterating II
- Functions of Human Resource Management
- Principles of Economics
- Values-Based Leadership
- Leveraging AI and Technology in Design
- Managing in a Global Business Environment
- Business Simulation
- Design Applied Learning Capstone
Design Foundations Certification of Completion
- Completed 8/24/2025
Coursework:
- Foundations of Design
- Design Applications
- Strategies for Emphasizing, Defining, and Ideating
Business Power Skills Certificate of Completion
- Completed 7/31/2025
Coursework:
- Giving, Receiving, and Incorporating Feedback
- Adapting to Ambiguity
- Empathy and Inclusive Collaboration
- Navigating Complex Problems
Google UX Design Certification
- Completed 12/19/2025
Coursework:
- Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design
- Start the UX Design Process: Empathize, Define, Ideate
- Build Wireframes and Low-Fidelity Prototypes
- Conduct UX Research and Test Early Concepts
- Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma
- Build Dynamic User Interfaces (UI) for Websites
- Design a User Experience for Social Good and Prepare for Jobs
Seattle Central College, Seattle, WA
Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Information Technology – Web Design
- 91 credits | Completed 6/2015
Certificate of Achievement in Information Technology – Web Design
- 61 credits | Completed 12/2014
Coursework:
- Information Systems Concepts
- Intro to Computer Applications
- Database Development
- Intro to UNIX
- Web Authoring I, II & III
- Typography for the Web
- Photoshop for the Web
- Working on a Web Team
- Intro to Javascript
- Web Application Programming
- Content Management Systems
- Writing for the Web
- Theory of Web Design
- User Centered Web Design (UI & UX)
- Advanced Web Design
- Web Career Strategies
- Work Experience (TA in Typography for the Web)
- Capstone Project
- Intercultural Communications
- Internet Law
Olympic College – Bremerton, WA
Classes used as continuing education or towards my AAS in Web Design at Seattle Central College
Coursework:
- Beginning Photoshop
- Intermediate Algebra
- Math in Society
- Intro to Sociology
Clovis Community College – Clovis, NM
Associate of Arts in Graphic Design
- Completed 50 program credits
Coursework:
- Drawing I & II
- Design I
- Computer Graphics I & II
- Computer Animation
- Desktop Publishing
- Photography
- Graphic Design I & II
- Ceramics
- Basic Computer Skills
- English Composition
- English Composition & Research
- Interpersonal Communication