hello friend, it is so good to meet you!

LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND SELF TAUGHT ARTIST LOCATED IN THE GREATER BOSTON AREA. I GRADUATED FROM BIOLA UNIVERSITY IN LA MIRADA, CALIFORNIA. I LEFT BIOLA WITH A DEGREE IN LIBERAL STUDIES: ELEMENTARY EDUCATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD AND A DOUBLE MINOR IN ART AS WELL AS BIBLICAL STUDIES (A MOUTHFUL, I KNOW HAHA). HOWEVER, AFTER LEAVING CALIFORNIA TO COME HOME TO MASSACHUSETTS MY CAREER PATH STARTED SHIFTING. I ENDED UP WORKING FOR A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AS AN OFFICE ADMIN AND CREATIVES DIRECTOR WHILE STARTING UP MY ART BUSINESS ON THE SIDE. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW CONFLICTING IT WAS WHEN I REALIZED MY TRUE PASSION WAS SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN TEACHING.

life was crazy at the time too.

WHEN I DECIDED NOT TO PURSUE A TEACHING POSITION THERE WERE SO MANY NEW AND EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING IN MY LIFE. I HAD JUST MARRIED THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, DANIEL, (PICTURED TO THE LEFT). WE MOVED AN HOUR AWAY FROM HOME TO BE CLOSER TO OUR NEW CHURCH (DANIEL IS A PASTOR), I HAD JUST completed STUDENT TEACHING, NOT TO MENTION COVID-19 CAUSED SOME DISRUPTIONS AS WELL.

I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE DOODLER. THE ONE CARRYING AROUND A BACKPACK WITH THE ALISHA GUARANTEE THERE WOULD BE A NOTEBOOK, SURPLUS OF DRAWING SUPPLIES, BOOK, AND EMERGENCY TEA BAGS. DOODLING WAS JUST WHAT I DID. AND I SAW THAT OTHER PEOPLE STARTED TO LIKE IT. A LOT. PEOPLE WERE STARTING TO COME TO ME FOR THEIR DESIGN AND ART NEEDS BECAUSE THEY KNEW I COULD DO IT. WHY NOT START MAKING THESE THINGS AS A JOB?

THAT IS WHAT I STARTED TO DO. I STARTED AN INSTAGRAM AS A PLACE TO STORE MY WORK IN 2016, IT NOW HAS 800 FOLLOWERS. I HOPPED ON TIKTOK (QUARANTINE BOREDOM IS REAL) AND STARTED SHARING MY PROCESS. I NOW HAVE over TEN THOUSAND fOLLOWERS ON TIKTOK AND I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED FOR WHERE GOD IS LEADING ME IN MY CREATIVE SPACE.

Why do I do it?

MY GOAL AS AN ARTIST AND AS A PERSON IS TO ALWAYS BE LEARNING AND GROWING. I LOVE LEARNING NEW THINGS AND CHALLENGING MYSELF TO BE BETTER NOT JUST FOR MYSELF BUT THE PEOPLE AROUNd ME. THIS IS WHY I AM SO PASSIONATE ABOUT PURSUING MY ART. I HOPE TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO BE KIND AND THOUGHTFUL, CHALLENGE THE STATUS QUO OF INDIVIDUALISM BY SHOWING THAT WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER, AND PROVING THAT YOUR LIFE IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN YOU KNOW.

AND IF YOU’RE STILL HERE READING ABOUT MY STORY, I CAN’T WAIT TO TAKE THIS RAW AND REAL JOURNEY TO BECOME THE ARTIST GOD HAD ALWAYS PANNED FOR ME TO BE. WELCOME TO MY CORNER OF THE INTERNET, BREW YOURSELF A CUP OF TEA AND STAY WHILE.