Weird, queer & based San Francisco, CA. I write about my big feelings over on Substack
When I grew up, I wanted to be a gymnast, then a cook and a model and a photographer and a stylist and that’s… not entirely off-base from the reality of where my career path has led me.
I'm a lifelong autodidact. I did some amateur modeling and interned as a personal stylist after leaving fashion school in 2012, right around when I picked up my first Lomography camera. After that, I found myself writing listicles and sharing them on social media at my first startup marketing job. That eventually opened the door to campaign management at a digital publisher and more social media work, developing content and strategy for comic shops and artists, after a detour of authenticating luxury clothes and writing product listings at what was once a competitor of the RealReal.
All of that set the stage for moving into a role as a cat-herder producer at a boutique agency, where I learned to be a brand strategist and art director and copy editor and content manager… with just enough design knowledge to be dangerous.
I took 2023 to myself, kind of. I’ve spent that time slowing down, realigning with my values of learning (to build this website, to process & print my own photos), connection (to myself in the form of writing, to my community in organizing a tenant union), and authenticity.
I’ve never really been able to stick to one thing, but I see that as a strength these days. I’ve accrued a great breadth of knowledge and a wealth of resources to tap if something’s a bit out of my depth. I’m able to connect the dots between your goals and how to make them real.
That’s what brings us here, to From Scrap, where my goal is to get to the heart of your project and help you bring it to life in a genuine, relatable manner.
