CV
Work
San Diego Community College District
Adjunct instructor • September 2018 - Present
Fashion Illustration and Technical Sketching
Advanced Fashion Illustration and Technical Sketching
Computer Fashion Design: Adobe Photoshop (Honors)
at San Diego College of Continuing Education:
Sewing Fundamentals 1
Sewing Fundamentals 2
Sewing Like a Professional
Sartorial Bias
Owner • e-commerce • April 2021-Present
Sartorial Bias is an online shop for unique hand-made sewing supplies and hand-dyed textiles. Customers include clothing brands, theater/film/television costume designers, jewelry designers, and hobby sewists.
Customer service, email management, record-keeping, online order fulfillment, Square and Etsy POS, graphic and packaging design, branding, inventory management, material sourcing, photo editing, online visual merchandising, copywriting, SEO, market research, product development. I have maintained a 5-star rating on all three categories of the Etsy platform (customer satisfaction, product quality, shipping) and a consistent 3.5-4% conversion rate.
Freelance Design
June 2011 - Present
Luxury one-of-a-kind dressmaking and bespoke design services for discerning clients in California, Texas, Maryland, DC, Virginia, and NYC.
Illustration, sample-making, textile design, sewing, bespoke tailoring, fittings, alterations, bridal design, one-on-one customer service, record-keeping, email and call management, appointment scheduling, collaboration with photographers, makeup artists, boutiques and stylists
Education
CENTRO de Diseño, Cine y Televisión
2024- 2026 • Mexico City, Mexico
MPS Global Fashion Management
The Maryland Institute College of Art
2011 - 2015 • Baltimore, MD
BFA in Fiber
Exhibitions
2018 • Fashion film short by Alan Guzman for the La Jolla Fashion Film Festival
2017 • Collection featured in spreads by Aliona Kuznetsova in Style Equation Magazine (Issue #22)
2016 • Collection featured in Ranch & Coast magazine
2016 • Collection featured in Tocksick Magazine
2016 • Womenswear collection presented at Fashion Week San Diego
2016 • Recognized with the 2016 FAB Authority Award, a resource for local fashion businesses in San Diego
2015 • Listed in the Not Just a Label Black Sheep directory, a crop of hand-picked fashion designers identified by the NJAL team for being especially innovative, pioneering, and striking in their work.
2014 • Fashion collection presented at Unmarked, MICA’s 21st Annual Benefit Fashion Show
2014 • Garment designs showcased at Black & White: An Exhibition of Printed Works, shown in conjunction with ALLOVERSTREET, curated by Process Collective
2013 • Collection presented at Ex Tempore, MICA’s 20th Annual Benefit Fashion Show
2013 • Finalist in the Elle Magazine x BYCO Design Challenge
2012 • Garments showcased at The Art of Fashion exhibition at The Timken Museum of San Diego
2009 • Recipient of the Herb Alpert Award for Emerging Young Artists
2009 • Recognized as an official California Arts Scholar by the state of California
Other
Instituto Nacional Electoral
Observador electoral acreditado del process electoral mexicano del 2024
Accredited electoral observer for the 2024 electoral process in Mexico.