The Science of Visual Storytelling
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Thinking outside the box.
My artistic background helps me communicate complex ideas clearly, find unexpected connections, and design more intuitive solutions. Creativity isn’t separate from science for me, it’s what makes discovery possible.
Both artistic and scientific pursuits thrive on What if... questions. Whether I'm modeling solar activity or cleaning up complex datasets, I enjoy experimenting, visualizing, and questioning assumptions. Ultimately, my creative background shapes the way I approach research.
Story-Focused
Additionally, exploring artistic activities on my spare time helps me approach scientific work with a focus on the story behind it. I think about data and results not just as numbers but as narratives. What message are we trying to communicate to our customer or user? What does our target audience need to understand, and what do they already know about the topic? This mindset helps me present findings in ways that are both visually engaging and easy to understand.
Whether it’s through intuitive data visualizations or clear, accessible explanations, I aim to make complex ideas resonate with the people who need them.
A Portfolio of Creativity
My artwork has been featured in literary magazines and exhibited in curated spaces. Explore where my work has been showcased and the publications that have brought my art to new audiences.
Tint Journal
2025
Artwork: Fragmented series #4
Fragmented #4 includes embroidery sewn through a watercolor painting as a feminist reclaiming of traditionally feminine/"domestic" activities like embroidery.
This piece was featured in Tint Journal in 2025.
Kitchen Table Quarterly
2025
Artwork: Fragmented series #3 and #5
Fragmented #3 is a watercolor composition created by covering sections of the paper before applying the paint, to create a cut/fragmented result.
Fragmented #5 includes layered pieces of watercolor paintings to produce a three-dimensional affect.
These pieces were featured in Kitchen Table Quarterly in 2025.
The Freshwater Review
St Scholastica, 2025
Artwork: What They Left Unsaid
Showcased in the 28th edition of The Freshwater Review, St. Scholastica’s annual literary and visual arts publication.
Oxford Magazine
Miami University, 2024
Artwork: Dance At Sunset
Dance at Sunset is a vibrant mixed-media piece that blends paper, watercolor, colored pencil, marker, and ink stamping to create a rhythmic, layered composition. The artwork captures the warmth and movement of sunset, where colors and textures intertwine like a dance at day’s end.
This piece was featured in Oxford Magazine, Miami University’s esteemed literary and visual arts publication, highlighting its expressive energy and dynamic interplay of materials.
2nd Place Award
Science As Art Exhibit, Clemson University, 2018
Artwork: Solar
Solar is a six-foot-long drawing that captures the intricate connection between the Earth and Sun, portraying the Sun as a grand clockwork machine, radiating energy from its core. Delicate strings of stars cascade into space, while Earth, just a tiny speck in comparison, is cradled within cosmic swirls of color. Using precise scale—Earth at just 1 cm in diameter and the Sun at 109 cm—this piece emphasizes the vastness and beauty of our universe.
Solar earned 2nd Place at Clemson University’s Science As Art Exhibit, celebrating the intersection of creativity and innovation.
Layout Director
Chronicle, Clemson University
Volunteer • 120th Anniversary Edition, 2018
As the Layout Director for Clemson University's literary and visual arts magazine Chronicle, I led the design and production of the publication’s 120th anniversary issue. My goal wasn’t just to arrange content on pages, it was to rethink the magazine itself as a work of art.
I introduced a fresh, design-forward philosophy that encouraged our team to treat layout, typography, spacing, and flow with the same creative intention as the writing and artwork we featured.
For the anniversary edition, I led the vision of a larger, bolder, more visually striking format that elevated both the reader experience and the contributors’ work. By reframing layout as storytelling (and the magazine as a cohesive artistic object) we created an issue that honored the publication’s legacy while presenting an innovative aesthetic.
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