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ABOUT ME
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My path to design started way back in the 4th grade where I attended Old Donation Center - a school in Virginia Beach, VA for gifted and talented students.
We were pulled from our home school one day a week to attend advanced art classes the entire day learning advanced studies.
Art wasn't my only passion growing up. I was also a competitive hockey player.
Playing both ice and roller hockey year-round in leagues, national tournaments, and even some international tournaments. I was a very busy and active young man.
Wanting to stay close to home, I pursued a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts at Norfolk State University in Norfolk, VA.
Everything was going well. Graduation was around the corner, final grades were in, cap and gown were purchased, and I was ready to pursue the next chapter in my life.
Then something happened that would alter the next 20 years of my life…
As I made my way up to the art room to retrieve my final portfolio I was filled with emotion. This was it. Everything I had worked so hard for was finally coming to an end.
I entered the back room and only two portfolios were still there and I knew immediately neither were mine. My heart sank and a lump formed in my throat.
Someone had stolen my portfolio.
My portfolio was a culmination of all my best best work.
I was devastated… I had lost all my passion to take art seriously again.
Then I discover UXUI. So I took a boot camp at George Washington University and loved it. I couldn't get enough and have bean hooked ever since.
So here am at 42 reigniting my passion for art and design. Rediscovering myself as an artist. Learning web design has been everything I have been searching for in a career for the past 20 years. I can't change the past, but I can use everything I have learned along the way to change my future.