From the Studio

Somehow, I am officially less than a month away from moving to Scotland. Even typing that feels a little surreal. Over the last few months, I’ve been collecting little clips of my life without really knowing what they would eventually become. Days at work, trips to Charlotte, evenings at home, the beginnings of packing, my visa appointment, and a collection of sticky notes on my computer counting down the Fridays until my last day at work. Put together, they tell the story of

When I started building my portfolio for the University of Edinburgh, I expected the hardest part to be designing the pages. Spoiler alert: It wasn't. The hardest part was deciding what to include. Don't get me wrong, designing the pages wasn't easy, either. But with nearly five years of professional work to choose from, I quickly realized there wasn't going to be a checklist or a magic number that told me which projects belonged in my portfolio. Instead, I had to create a fr

There's something about a long summer weekend that makes everything feel a little more relaxed. This weekend was packed as my family hosted a big holiday get-together with friends and neighbors. Between pool days, time at the lake, great food, and plenty of conversation, there was always something happening. After a busy few days, Sunday was all about slowing down, catching up on a few things around the house, and enjoying a well-earned lazy day. Things have been a little qui

Not every day is filled with major milestones, travel adventures, or exciting announcements. Sometimes it's just a normal Tuesday. This vlog is a glimpse into what a typical work-from-home day looks like for me as a Branding & Communications professional. The day included a mix of routine tasks, ongoing projects, a midday walk, and an evening networking event in Charlotte. Nothing particularly glamorous, but a fairly accurate representation of how many of my days are spent. L

After spending a week exploring Scotland, I made my way to Italy to meet my family for the final stop of our Europe trip. We stayed in Sorrento, a beautiful coastal town overlooking the Bay of Naples, and spent a few days enjoying sunshine, incredible food, and some of the most stunning scenery I've ever seen. Over the course of the trip, we learned how to make authentic Neapolitan pizza, spent time at a beach club, explored Capri and the Amalfi Coast by boat, wandered throug

A few months before moving to Edinburgh for graduate school, I spent a week in Scotland with friends. The funny thing is that this trip wasn't originally planned as a "moving to Scotland" trip. When it was booked, graduate school wasn't even part of the plan. But by the time I arrived, I had been accepted into the MA Graphic Design program at the University of Edinburgh, and suddenly everything felt different. Instead of seeing Edinburgh as a visitor, I found myself imagining

Applying to graduate design programs forced me to step back and think differently about my work. I started viewing the way I presented my work not just in terms of finished visuals, but in terms of process, systems, research, and how ideas evolve over time. When I started building my application portfolio for the University of Edinburgh’s Graphic Design master’s program, one of the things I struggled to find were examples of graduate-level portfolios rooted in professional pr

For the past five years, I've been building a career in marketing, working across branding, digital and communications in a role that gave me a wide range of experience. Over time, though, I started to feel a growing disconnect between what I was doing and where I wanted to go. Nothing was necessarily wrong. From the outside, things looked stable. But internally, I couldn't see what the next version of my career, or life, was building toward. That realization is what led me t