I acquired a fine arts degree in Sequential Art (cartooning, storyboards, children's book illustration) from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2004 and a fine arts degree in Art Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2011. I completed my student teaching at the Benito Juarez Community Academy, where I co-taught digital design classes and photography classes. I volunteered and taught as a drawing instructor at both the Rumble Arts Community Center in Humboldt Park
