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During my freshman year of college at the University of Texas at Austin, I was tasked with creating a final project featuring five different light angles, colors, and emotions. The theme of the proje 

For this final lighting design project, I was challenged to explore the interplay between light, color, and emotion through the lens of a politically charged theme: “President-elect.” The primary emotion assigned was remorse.

I designed five unique lighting compositions, each utilizing a different combination of angles, colors, and intensity to visually interpret remorse in a high-stakes political context. Through experimental use of side light, backlight, top light, low-angle lighting, and silhouette techniques, I emphasized mood shifts, internal conflict, and public perception.

Color choices leaned heavily on cool tones (blues, desaturated purples, and soft whites) to evoke somberness and introspection, contrasted sparingly with warmer hues to reflect moments of internal struggle.

The performance featured Skyler Quait and Hannah Nelson, whose physical presence and movement were crucial in embodying the remorseful tone, and whose expressions were sculpted and enhanced by the lighting choices.

This project allowed me to explore how abstract emotional states can be externalized through light, while also developing a technical understanding of theatrical lighting tools and storytelling through design.ct was President-elect, and the emotion was remorseful. 

Featuring: Skyler Quait and Hannah Nelson

For my senior year final project, I was tasked with designing and building a custom sign that reflected both craftsmanship and personal inspiration. Drawing from time spent working on past projects with my dad, I wanted the piece to feel both handcrafted and grounded in personal history.

At the time, shiplap wood was a popular design trend, so I incorporated it into my final design. I selected finished shiplap boards for their clean, modern look and combined them with a layout and lettering style that paid tribute to the kind of woodworking techniques I learned growing up.

As part of my Spanish class in my sophomore year, I was tasked with creating a food dish and explaining how to cook it in Spanish. While I’ll admit that I didn’t go all-in with the project, I thought it would be funny to choose a Peruvian delicacy to cook—CUY

I researched the recipe, learned the steps in Spanish, and proceeded to make the dish, making sure to explain the process in Spanish, even if it wasn’t my best effort. To my surprise, the dish turned out to be delicious, and it made the project more enjoyable than I initially expected.

Though I may not have given it my full effort, it was a great exercise in learning to combine language skills with cooking and gave me a taste of Peruvian cuisine, which I ended up really enjoying!

Here is a spoof of this old house that I created for Tech 1 Theatre

In the 6th Grade, I was tasked with creating a "Coke Commercial". Teen Titans Go was a popular cartoon on Cartoon Network, so I created this spoof.  

Have you ever wanted to watch an up-close and personal video of Benjamin Franklin? Well, I got a video just for you. Here is a video of my 3rd-grade project I created for history.