I was born in a hospital in Beverly Hills, and I made that my personality until the 7th grade. I lived in Southern California, partly in Valencia and the other part in Glendora. I went from the valley to the foothills. In a poetic way, that describes my life. I was born into a loving family with a dad, a mom, and two younger sisters. I have loving grandparents and great-grandparents, a big extended family. During this phase of my life, I discovered my love for drawing (or coloring since I was so young) this is where we discovered that I was more creative than practical. School was never enjoyable unless I was doing something creative or fun.
We moved to Colorado in between my 5th and 6th-grade years. Middle school was fun for me, which I know is unpopular among the masses, but I genuinely liked middle school. In 6th grade, I encountered marketing for the first time. A popcorn company came and told us about their product and gave us the challenge of creating a new flavor and figuring out a way to market it. Why would consumers pick this off the shelves? How is your product different from the others? I don’t remember if I won or what the flavor was, but I remember liking the idea of coming up with a campaign for a company and picking out colors, fonts, etc. After that, however, I found my passion for theatre and singing.
Marketing was put on the back burner as I threw myself into this newfound practice. I craved validation in all aspects of my life and in theatre you can get that fast-during opening nights. The crowd’s standing ovation, even being in the background, was enough to keep going. Because of that decision, I completely forgot about my passion for other forms of art. I had convinced myself that I was terrible at drawing, painting, and creating. I had believed the lie that I wasn’t able to be very creative and the theatre was easy. I was told what to do, how to sing, how to dance, and I was set. I would not rekindle my other interests for a long, long time.
Entering high school, I was convinced that I was going to move up the theatre ladder. I was finally going to be seen and be cast as something other than an ensemble. During my four years, I dabbled a little in the marketing world, doing different projects; mostly enjoying projects in my history and English classes. As college got closer and closer, I questioned my purpose, what was I going to do with my life? Everyone told me to do business, everyone, but I had no desire to sit in a classroom talking about numbers. I went to college undecided until I found a major that my university offered called Strategic Communications. It is a marketing major without all the stats and business-heavy classes. It was perfect for me. I moved to Nashville right before I went away for college.
I started a new chapter my sophomore year. My first major-related classes were graphic design and strategic communications. I fell in love with this major and I became excited about my future. After taking these classes I have figured out that I want to go into branding and creative campaigning. My dream collaboration would be working for Merit Beauty or another skincare/makeup company. I would love to work for a company like Dior (I’m obsessed with Dior) or Vogue.
I am grateful for my journey to get here, and I am so excited to share my journey with you all. I am extremely proud of the projects on this website, and I hope you enjoy them. I will be updating this blog with ideas and tips, opinions, and fun stories.
Have a blessed day