(she/her/they) Nilé Livingston is an award winning Visual Artist. Their work has been recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal; Rad Girls, an organization that celebrates women’s accomplishments; The Colored Girls Museum, the only institution in the US exclusively dedicated to the history of black girls in America; and Mural Arts Philadelphia, the nation’s largest public art program. In 2017, Livingston founded Creative Repute, LLC where they work with a deep bench of specialists in graphic design, website development, and brand identity. In 2020 Livingston was ranked amongst Philly Magazine’s list of the 76 most influential people in the city.

Sandra Kierra Skinner-Andino (she/her) is an Account Manager for Creative Repute whose bright and professional demeanor makes communication a breeze. She's a self-motivated person who loves building and maintaining lasting relationships with others. Born and raised in Southwest Philadelphia, Sandra is a graduate of The University of Arts, earning a B.A. in Writing For Film and Television. She worked on several independent films in Philadelphia before shifting her focus to sales and management. She spends her free time exploring the city with her husband and two children. Sandra has a passion for books, podcasts, and developing her "green thumb" in her tiny home garden.

Nahid LaCiura (she/her) is a Full-Stack Developer with over a decade of experience developing and managing large-scale, complex websites and mobile applications. She is skilled in PHP, WordPress, Python, MySQL, JQuery, React, Node, and Angular, with an immense passion for her craft. Nahid enjoys challenges and opportunities that will expand her creativity and skillset. She strives to stay up-to-date with the rapid changes within the design and technology industries so that she can utilize state-of-the-art tools best suited for the job at hand. She works closely with clients to actualize their vision with a fast, responsive, clean, and functional design optimized for search engines. In her spare time, Nahid is an FAA licensed remote pilot, and she enjoys drone photography.

Bridget Fessler (she/her) is an Agency Assistant who works closely with Creative Repute’s brand strategist and social media team. Bridget has worn many hats in the ten years she has worked in the customer service industry. She is fueled by the passion to make the world a better place through outreach and community building. The opportunity to join CR’s like-minded team of writers and strategists is fulfilling one of her lifelong dreams. Bridget resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and enjoys creative writing, painting, learning to make music, and spending time outdoors.

Sadie Goodwin (she/her) is a creative visionary focused on creating innovative designs that evoke emotion in the viewer. She aims to break boundaries in art and culture to create a more uplifting world. Sadie is a graduate of Temple University with an Art Direction degree. She has worked on various advertising projects, from brand strategy and development to creating multi-faceted campaigns that span print and digital platforms. In her free time, Sadie enjoys spending time with her rescue puppy, Luna.

Joyce Bissingou (she/her) Born in France and raised in the UK, Joyce is a multidisciplinary designer who juggles graphic design, 3D art, video production, and more. She provides critical design services such as company branding, logos, social media content, advertisements, and web design. Joyce aims to bring a unique yet practical approach to her projects, never forgetting to have fun as it drives her creativity. Marrying her background in broadcast journalism with her artistic talent has given Joyce the ability to visually communicate one of her strongest talents along with problem-solving and marketing. For Joyce, great design can be as simple as taking one keyword and bringing it to life! When she’s not behind the computer, she’s busy perfecting her bedroom DJ skills and baking sweets to share with her puppy, Kobe.

Zara Kahan (she/her) is an award-winning artist and creative professional with a decade of experience managing creative projects for government, digital agencies, and media production companies. She has shepherded large-scale projects with internal and external stakeholders in multiple regions. Her expertise includes campaign management, visual and PR rebranding, digital products, content development, and human-centered design. She is passionate about creating digital products with aesthetic excellence and incisive communication. She likes rock climbing, cycling, and answering her daughter’s thousandth question.

Ellen Eckert (she/her) is an Account Manager for Creative Repute. She's personable and friendly with a keen eye for detail, with a passion for customer service and social relationships. Ellen is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University, earning a B.A. in sociology and an M.A. in public administration and public policy. She worked as a college instructor and restaurant manager in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before shifting her focus to account management. She was inspired by the power of strategic designs and wanted to support businesses achieving success through impactful marketing. She recently relocated to Germany and enjoys exploring the beautiful Bavarian landscape and hanging out at her favorite vegan restaurants around Munich.

Alison Lutren (she/her) is our Accountant and resident accounting enthusiast! She has strong attention to detail and a passion for financial analytics. Alison loves leveraging her understanding of numbers to help make a positive difference and educate others. Outside of work you can find her enjoying time with her husband and three dogs, going on hikes, traveling to car shows, cycling, or indulging in a good movie or book.

Amethyst Rain (she/they)  is Creative Repute's Story Manager. She has several years of experience driving engagement organically on digital platforms like Instagram, Reddit, and TikTok. With a background in multi-media art, she loves digital communication and prides herself on her ability to bridge passionate discussion with data-driven marketing efforts that help CR's clients meaningfully connect with their target audiences. Amethyst loves the Ghostbusters film series and collects memorabilia in her spare time. She also loves playing Skyrim and Minecraft.

Bhavesh Satani (he/him) is a Graphic Designer who has been a part of the Creative Repute team since 2018. Though he has a B.A. in Business, he chose design as a career. Bhavesh is highly skilled in the entirety of the Adobe Creative Suite. He has many years of experience in website design, layout design, and video editing. Bhavesh enjoys doodling, watching animations, and reading about anything his curiosity leads him to in his spare time.

Cori Shoemaker (they/them) is a purpose-driven Marketing Strategist specializing in copy editing, branding, and social media to help value-based businesses succeed. They studied critical media, writing, business, and philosophy at Rollins College and spent a semester abroad at Queen Mary University of London. In between projects, Cori enjoys skill-building, weightlifting, practicing mindfulness meditation, and binge-watching “Bob’s Burgers” with their wife and pups.

Ellen Dela Cerna (she/her) graduated with a B.S. in Accountancy before starting her career as an accounting assistant. As her career unfolded, she became an Accounting Supervisor and Virtual Assistant. In her free time, Ellen especially enjoys the company of her daughter. She also loves to read and watch documentaries and films. Her favorite genres are mystery, action, and sci-fi.

Ellie Thompson (she/her) is an impact-driven brand strategist specializing in creative business development. She enjoys designing calculated and sustainable business solutions by merging business strategies with larger, more holistic goals. Ellie is passionate about solving challenging problems with a human-centric approach, so collaboration and team leadership have become special skills of hers. She has a global business background and likes to dive deep into customer profiles, empathizing and designing for their unique needs. Her passion for all things human allows her to immerse herself in the customer journey, stay one step ahead of the market's future trajectory, and deliver on client needs. Ellie utilizes data and design thinking to reach a wider audience, create emotionally resonant messages, and build long-term relationships with clients. Her love for people and business strategy collide beautifully in every project as she strives to make the world a better place. Outside of work, Ellie is a mom to over 50 houseplants and spends her time nurturing them into strong and healthy members of society.

Jaz Riley (they/them) is a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University and prior military personnel. Jaz has an M.A. in English and an M.Phil in African American Studies and American Studies. At Creative Repute, Jaz serves as a Strategist and Copywriter specializing in qualitative analysis. They work both visually and linguistically to communicate the client’s message so that it is accessible to a diverse audience while enhancing details such as grammar, syntax, and tone. Jaz’s work is informed by their everyday life as a southern raised, well-traveled, educated Black person. In their spare time, they enjoy reading about both lighthearted topics and important Black and Brown politics.

Kelly Nichols (she/her) is a Senior Graphic Designer and Illustrator specializing in whimsical storytelling through bright colors, bold graphics, and unapologetic patterns. Insightful by nature, Kelly can listen to what the client wants and dive deeper to find what they need. With a diverse skillset and flexible style, she creates meaningful graphics, illustrations, marketing materials, and branding that brings each client's identity to the next level. Kelly likes to explore Philadelphia, work on her small business, and draw in her free time.

Nayana Satani (she/her) is a Graphic Designer with a B.E. in Computer Engineering. She worked for several graphic design agencies before joining the Creative Repute team. Nayana is skilled in Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, and video editing. She loves singing, drawing, and cooking in her free time, and she has a particular interest in quilling. Quilling is the art of rolling, shaping, and gluing together paper strips to create decorative designs. Nayana is involved in social work as a quilling tutor at Bolbala Charitable Trust Rajkot.

Nessira Randolph (she/her) is an SEO specialist who is highly skilled in marketing, media, communications, and relationship-building. She is a consensus-driven team leader with proven success in creating and managing client accounts, as well as developing campaign concepts and planning for integrated execution. Nessira prides herself on her ability to work well under pressure, even while managing multidisciplinary teams. She is skilled in converting concepts into action to maximize results from digital media, mobile media, traditional media, and grassroots campaigns. Outside of work, Nessira loves traveling the world and has been to every continent except Antarctica. She is also an animal lover and a vegan who dreams of one day owning her own farm.

Siara Singleton (she/her) is a DEI-focused content marketing specialist whose B2B and B2C marketing experience span a wide variety of industries and demographics. She is highly skilled in SEO, paid ads, web funnels, lead magnets, blogging, email campaigns, and strategic design. Siara uses her DEI experiences, both lived and learned, to guide her through every part of her work. She holds a B.S. in Business, Management, & Marketing from ESU as well as several certifications from Google and the Harvard Business School. Outside of her career, Siara enjoys stand-up comedy, lifting weights, and trying her hand at interior design. She has an affinity for social and environmental impact and connecting with people who share similar passions. If you ever want to discuss organizational strategy, disruptive innovation, or futurism in business, Siara is happy to chat.

SB (he/him) has always been fascinated by the web and development field. He started by building websites for friends and technology enthusiasts with simple machine forums platforms. He became an integral part of the development of these platforms before moving on to various projects that required advanced proficiency in WordPress. SB is always looking for a new challenge and has expanded his focus to back-end development, including website maintenance, server updates, and hosting administration. As Integration Manager, SB’s education in Computer Applications and his wide range of experience working on unique projects are vital assets. When he is not working, SB enjoys spending time with his family, reading books, and conducting home improvement projects.

Tabby Garcia (she/her) is a website developer with a passion for creating visually enriched web applications that deliver user-centric experiences. She cares deeply about creating world-class, practical, and beautiful products that help people and make a difference in the world. Having worked for one of the most reputable non-profits in the US, she leads with empathy and purpose, creating space and meaningful experiences for everyone to be a part of. Tabby’s specialties include WordPress, PHP, JavaScript, React, CSS, and SEO. Some of her hobbies include traveling the world, advocating for the things she believes in, practicing yoga, and advancing her skills in coding.

Thu Lai (he/him) is a graphic designer for Creative Repute. He comes from a small town in South Vietnam where he worked as a 3D character modeler for a Japanese game company. Thu pivoted into the graphic design industry after unlocking a passion for abstract problem-solving. Thu prides himself on his attention to detail and client communication skills. While Thu is always eager to learn new software, he is proficient in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, XD, Premiere Pro, and Maya. When he isn’t diligently working on graphic design projects, he spends his free time expanding his skill set in multiple areas. Some of his favorite hobbies are mastering animation, playing the guitar, painting, and exploring the world of landscape and macro photography.

Bradley Osborne (he/him/they) is a multi-faceted web developer and graphic designer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with nearly a decade of experience in front-end web development and media design. Brad currently specializes in WordPress Development with Creative Repute implementing vibrant, creative designs for clients’ websites that are clear, intuitive, and complementary to their customers. With his vast industry experience, he is enthusiastic about being of service wherever he can. Brad has endless knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP. He is actively researching new technologies that improve the quality of his products. He wants his clients to have cutting-edge designs that represent their branding and identity online. At the beginning of Brad’s career, he had hands-on experience designing and developing websites for multiple companies and artists. He was a designer and front-end developer for Agility Marketing, which gave him ample knowledge of web development, SEO, and social media growth. He also has worked as a photographer and graphic designer for companies such as Inter-State Studios and Copies at Carson. With this array of experience, he is confident in his work and has a keen eye for how the products he develops for his clients should look and feel. Brad is also eagerly involved in his local community. He has assisted a well-known arts festival Art All Night Pittsburgh, for several years with their WordPress site and organization. He designed promotional materials for the non-profit Hack PGH, a cooperatively owned community-based workshop that gives skills and tools for people to provide creative projects. Brad designed projects for Meta Mesh Wireless Communities, a non-profit Wireless Internet Service Provider that uses the latest mesh network technologies that provide internet directly to those without access. His community has played a crucial part in his career, and he looks forward to being more active and helping wherever he is needed. Growing up with a musical background helped Brad appreciate and be passionate about art. He also understands that online presence is significant for communicating and developing successful brand identities for artists and businesses. He is very motivated to create quality websites that represent who they are so that their customers want to be actively engaged with their company and products. Brad enjoys being active outside of work. He loves to play music and go to concerts. He has won several competitions that have allowed him the opportunity to play significant concerts and events. Apart from music, Brad enjoys biking, hiking, and traveling. One of his proud accomplishments and fondest memories is camping in Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia and biking all the way to Carova Beach in North Carolina. He plans one day to bike the whole Great Allegheny Passage from Pittsburgh, PA, to Washington, DC in the future. Brad also really enjoys Photography and Videography. In his career, he has professional experience in photography and has even ended up starting his own company, “Nirv Film and Audio.” He plans on helping his clients with their online presence with his knowledge of photography, videography, and professional audio production, whether social media profile development, YouTube videos, or even podcasts. Even though Brad has a range of projects he takes on, he is devoted to maintaining quality. He is usually accessible and resourceful and is willing to work whenever his services are in need. Feel free to contact him at any time, and he will respond promptly. He is eager to assist wherever he can, whether it is for web development, design, research, or office work. You can find previous projects from Brad featured on his online website and portfolio www.bradaosborne.com which shows his latest WordPress website projects and his design projects. You can also find more of his work at www.nirvfilmandaudio.com, including his recent photography, videography, and audio production projects. If you want to contact Brad, please reach out to him at brad@creativerepute.com with any requests or questions. He will be more than happy to respond and is very excited to hear from you.

Dale Macauley (they/she) is a South Philly-based graphic designer who grew up in Central Jersey. They are obsessed with bold, maximalist design seeping with color and verve and draw influence from Art Nouveau poster design and 1960s Mod fashion. Although Dale nerds out over all things design, she has spent the last two years specializing in social media advertising and print marketing. Any digital assets such as virtual flyers, Facebook & Instagram ads, email marketing designs, and company logos are well within their wheelhouse. As a member of Gen-Z, Dale considers themselves a digital design native, starting from a young age with both pen and paper and MS Paint. For her, good effective design is a universal process that transcends media and time. They can find excitement in any challenge they face; while they love pulling up Illustrator to work on a web banner, they get just as excited about designing unique approaches to SEO challenges or whipping up a quick patch for a leaky faucet. Dale often leans on her interdisciplinary background to apply design thinking to all aspects of her personal and professional life. On the print side of things, their prior experience is with promotional mailers and calendars, but they also work on business cards and advertisements for newspapers and periodicals. Although a digital native, many of Dale’s influences come from a pre-digital era, where the texture and feel of a physical work of art mattered just as much as the color and composition. She attempts to infuse this attention and care to the material in any print assets she creates for her clients. Dale is a skilled illustrator and has worked as an animator and videographer for record labels and documentaries. Their interest in video and animation pairs nicely with their passion for electronic music and most of their video work is either set to or about this subgenre. This wide-ranging creative background allows them to approach any task from myriad perspectives, leaning on her experience with marketing and fine arts to ensure every aspect of a client’s vision comes to life. Regardless of the task, Dale has the technical skills and intellectual curiosity to complete it. While her focus is on design, in past roles, Dale has worn the hat of marketing guru, data entry wiz, calendaring mastermind, and bike mechanic. In recent positions, Dale has also found a knack for data science. They can get just as excited about a gorgeous Excel spreadsheet as a piece of fine art. She enjoys learning about topics like data analysis and project management. She hopes to continue to expand her knowledge in these fields in the future, collaborating with clients to handle their data needs and design challenges. They may even learn to code one day (if she can find the time between designing and caring for her exceptionally needy cat). A genuine love complements Dale’s well-rounded skill set for helping people and a desire to find the fun in every project they’re involved with. Dale relishes collaborative opportunities that are based on mutual respect and thought partnership. People like to say, “jack of all trades, master of none,” Dale likes to think, “better than a master of one!” In college, Dale pursued a double major in Gender Studies and Marketing, with a focus on Queer and Disability Studies. They are personally and politically moved by Creative Repute’s commitment to work with social justice-driven organizations. They are incredibly excited to collaborate with any clients pushing towards intersectional feminism or disability justice. Dale is eager to explore Philadelphia and build out a network of artists, creatives, and activists in the city fighting for equity and community accountability. They also pursued a minor in Studio Art and German, focusing on fiber arts and painting in addition to her digital work. Dale has lived abroad in Germany twice in their lifetime, both in Pixel and Berlin, and is fluent in reading, writing, and speaking German. Their work has been featured in Verses Magazine and Pinstriped Zine. In 2019, they received the Hans Brueckner grant to self-publish an online zine documenting the history of lesbian bars in Berlin during the Weimar Republic era. When they are not spending their time designing, Dale enjoys cooking homemade pasta, 1970s home decor, DJing, playing with her cat, and keeping up her German.

Tina Armstead (she/her/they) is a multi-faceted artist with a diverse background and a passion for art in many forms. When it comes to the visual arts, Tina enjoys making creations of many different mediums. Her main interest creatively is string art consisting solely of straight lines that, through the use of geometry, produce curves. Additionally, Tina has a love for design and typography in particular. One of her hobbies is reviewing merch, as she has recently launched a social media account that takes an objective and thoughtful look at different merchandise items and rates them accordingly based on style, creativity, selection, color, and sustainability. With an eye for clean, simple, and elegant art, it makes sense that Tina is drawn to front-end development when it comes to graphic design. Having a background in full-stack MERN applications, her experience in event planning and computer programming, and her appreciation for excellent design allow her to work for clients in a well-rounded and successful manner. Tina began as a self-taught programmer and eventually moved on to formal study at the University of Oregon, her proud home state. She learned new languages and furthered her knowledge of technologies like React, Sequelize, MySQL, MongoDB, Node.js, Express.js, Mongoose ODM, Material-UI, and more. Tina is a professional musician who came to love computer programming as a hobby on her commute to and from work in college. She quickly became fully engaged in learning the ins and outs of what goes into making the technology we all use daily. It became clear to her over time how similar programming is to music. In music, notes are written, then put together to form a phrase. That phrase is then adjoined with other terms to create a final musical piece. In coding, it’s not much different. A line of code comprising separate tags, elements, and attributes is comparable to a phrase that ultimately creates a final task or project. Tina is grateful to have a mind that allows her to immerse herself in computer programming from a creative perspective. Having fulfilled the band leader and follower role on many occasions, Tina has managed to transfer that leadership and be a valuable team member in her programming. She has taken the lead on several projects, many of which she came up with the initial concept of. She dreamt up two projects in particular that she could proudly see from start to finish while leading and collaborating with large and small teams. Grocery List helper is an application allowing users to input items they have or purchased. When the user runs out of an item, they can remove it from the “have” list and into their “shopping” list allowing for easy tracking of what needs to be purchased on the next trip to the grocery store. Additionally, with the click of a button, the user can generate recipe ideas based on what the user already has at home based on their “have” list. Another project Tina built a team to see to fruition is called U-Notes. This application is a video note-taking tool that allows users to create and log into their account, search for and save videos to their dashboard, and most importantly, it will enable them to time stamp customized notes on each video. The user can then easily reference essential parts of any video and jump right to the timestamp without skimming through the entire video. This excellent education tool was brought to life by Tina’s desire for such a tool in her studies. Having graduated from a prestigious contemporary music school, Tina is an accomplished musician with a background in film scoring, music business, and professional music. With a focus on saxophone performance in both jazz and contemporary styles, Tina also composes old-time songs performed on the banjo, which she uses as an essential teaching tool in reminding the public that the roots of bluegrass and old-time music are in Black America. Tina’s musical background is not only one of technical ability. Still, it revolves around the history of American music and how it's connected to race throughout the last several centuries. Tina enjoys making music, participating in escape rooms, and swimming in natural bodies of water.

Dylan Russell (he/him) is a Project Manager for Creative Repute who loves to work with nonprofits and mission-driven companies. He is highly skilled in web development, launching new products, and digital advertising. Dylan can interpret client needs and make appropriate recommendations to overcome project challenges. Since graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) with a Bachelor’s in Business Management, he has founded two businesses and worked as a digital marketing manager in the hospitality and travel industry. While developing his own businesses, he has experience building e-commerce websites and web applications from scratch, managing teams of web developers, and partnering with nonprofits to increase their donations. He develops personal relationships with clients and works closely with them to understand their business needs. Dylan’s first business venture was Dean’s List, an online marketplace for college students to buy and sell goods on their campus. He had the idea to build a safe online community like Craigslist, allowing college students to connect with others on campus. Students could also post about club activities, sports schedules, and tutoring services. Dylan built an initial wireframe and a product backlog of features needed for the user and backend administrators. He then recruited a team of web developers to build the web platform. Working with the developer's skill sets and schedules, he created a product roadmap for the developers to follow when building Dean’s List. During the development, he ran A/B tests and beta tests with students at RPI to test each feature and better understand how users navigated through the website and their opinions on features and design. After completing the website, Dylan executed a marketing campaign on RPI’s campus to reach out to students, clubs, fraternities, sororities, and sports teams. As more students signed up for Dean’s List, Dylan became responsible for monitoring the content and reporting bugs to the web development team. After the first school year, he conducted user interviews to decide which features were unpopular and needed to be removed from the website. After shortening the feature list, Dylan was able to offer users more focus on popular features and fewer distractions. The website had become popular on campus to sell textbooks, as well as with fraternities trying to recruit incoming students. When the pandemic hit in 2020 and many universities closed their campuses, Dean’s List was unfortunately forced to shut down as the user base could no longer safely use the web platform. While managing Dean’s List, Dylan also started working as a Social Media Specialist for My City Tour. They offered private tours of famous New York City locations with professional photography included. Dylan was responsible for creating original content to grow My City Tour’s online presence and increase conversions. He used Adobe Photoshop and Premier Pro to create content and developed a schedule for posting content and ad campaigns. Using Facebook Ads Manager, he created paid social media advertisements to drive customers to the website to make tour reservations. As the social following grew, Dylan negotiated cross-marketing partnerships with influencers, local restaurants, bars, and hotels to promote their services to tourists. Although the business was growing, the pandemic forced My City Tour to close. With Dean’s List and My City Tour forced to close, Dylan looked for a new opportunity and wanted to try and help people in need. Dylan founded and currently runs his own business Carma Cup, where he sells eco-friendly cups that benefit multiple nonprofits involved in promoting racial equality, disease research, ending homelessness, and furthering educational resources. He believes that donating to numerous associated charities can create a more significant impact on each social cause. Dylan contracted partnerships with nine nonprofit organizations to donate a percentage of the proceeds to and researched multiple manufacturers before negotiating a partnership with one. He then designed and developed an e-commerce website using Shopify to sell the cups and record customer analytics. Dylan also currently manages creating and posting original content on multiple social media platforms to advertise the Carma Cup. Dylan has a passion for helping people in need and supporting social causes. He currently lives on Long Island, New York, and enjoys live music, going to the beach, and playing ice hockey with his friends.

Michelle Zaragoza is a passionate graphic designer in the Philadelphia area. Since she was little, she loved dragging her coloring book and sketch pad around everywhere she went. After trying out ballet, gymnastics, violin, and softball, as extracurricular activities, art class caught her attention the most. She graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2022 with a degree in Graphic Design and has worked as a freelance graphic designer for the past few years. Her experiences include but are not limited to logo design, typography, and brand identity. Michelle helps clients bring their vision to life creatively and practically through her work. Michelle loves assisting clients in understanding their own business better by giving them visible elements of their brand, such as brand colors, logos, and an overall aesthetic. Michelle learns about their business and goals to create the best logos for her clients. She keeps their ideas in mind as she adds her creative flare. She ensures that each logo is a design the company will wear proudly on a hat or print on their business cards. Even when some clients are not sure what they want their business to look like, Michelle offers new ideas to get the process started and motivate her client. Over the recent years, she has had the opportunity to create different digital marketing assets for an array of local businesses. She enjoys working with a variety of clients. From engineering to fashion, from family counseling to landscaping, Michelle has fun adapting to each client. She is always up for a challenge and is not scared to work in a new field. Each client is a unique opportunity to learn something new and a chance to grow as a designer and person. In addition to corporate design, Michelle enjoys creating different illustrations in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. Most original pieces are inspired by her everyday life or allude to metaphors. She is a big fan of surrealism and feels inspired by contemporary artists such as Jeremy Geddes and Erik Johansson. Her pieces encompass the chaotic, beautiful, and serenity. Each piece is a part of her mind, each one an invitation to make sense out of them as she once did. Some details do not always have a precise meaning, but perhaps they mean something to the viewer that is just as rewarding to her. Even when most of Michelle’s days designing are spent in front of a screen, she doesn’t mind picking up some charcoal or a brush to do a little drawing and painting every now and then! Michelle has been featured in multiple fine arts and digital art galleries. In college, Her obsession with hyperrealism drew attention to her charcoal still-life pieces. Although Michelle mainly sticks to digital design, her 2D design skills still come in handy when she takes on particular projects such as skateboard or clothing customization. During this time, she also had the privilege to be a part of the Remnant Church’s creative team in Saddle Brook, NJ. This experience showed her the value of a hardworking team and allowed her the opportunity to become a leader. She loves working and learning from others. She finds joy in the creative process from start to finish. Whether sitting in a meeting, brainstorming, or revision time, each step of the journey is memorable and an opportunity for growth for Michelle. With this team, she helped run multiple social media accounts, create content, and edit videos. One of her favorite aspects of working with a team is the chance to share and collaborate on projects with people who are equally as talented and passionate about their goals. Michelle has an appreciation for all forms of art. She has been playing the piano since she was four years old. She has a special place in her heart for animated movies. Popcorn and a good Pixar movie is an ideal night in for Michelle. Besides working on her art, Michelle loves to go out to new places with her friends and family, play a game of catch, join a friendly softball scrimmage, jam out on the piano, or play a game of pool.

Aimée Liriano (she/her) is a Philly-based Dominican graphic designer and illustrator. She is passionate about clean and modern design with a touch of intricate maximalism. Her designs and illustrations let vibrant colors and shapes be the guide to striking compositions. Although Aimée is currently focusing mainly on print and digital design, she has spent the last four years gaining experience in Editorial and Advertising Illustration while pursuing her BFA at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA). She focused on familiarizing herself with Nature and Lifestyle themes during that time. Aimée earned an Associate's Degree in Graphic Design from the Centro de Tecnología y Educación Permanente in Santiago, the Dominican Republic, which involved her in Logo, Exhibition, and Brand Design. These experiences brought her enthusiasm for bringing a project from ideation to completion, and have given her broad creative knowledge and a strong interest in Art Direction. While living in Santiago, she had the opportunity to belong to the design and creative team as a graphic design intern at Centro León, the local museum and cultural center. Her internship there involved her in museum studies, exhibition design, and layout design. As a high school graduate in 2015, Aimée decided to move to Germany as an exchange student. She immersed herself in a new language and culture, living with a host family and attending high school in Neunkirchen. During this year abroad, Aimée discovered the many possible artistic career paths she could pursue to achieve her lifelong dream of being a professional illustrator. While in Germany, she helped musician friends by designing and illustrating their album covers. She practiced her drawing and watercolor skills by keeping a travel journal to tell the stories of her year abroad. Journaling enlightened Aimée with the confidence to pursue a career path where she utilizes her creativity to bring beautiful ideas to life. This exchange student experience also made her fluent in German, while being a Spanish and English native speaker. She has received multiple awards like the Fine Arts Venture Fund in 2021 and 2022, the Raymond D. and Estelle Rubens Travel Scholarship, and the Franklin C. Watkins Memorial Grant in 2022. These awards were all based on her outstanding work as an artist. They have allowed her to gain the tools and materials, like technological equipment, to improve her work, as well as full-ride scholarships to finish her studies at PAFA. As a designer, Aimée feels inspired by the motivation to learn new things and actively remain in motion. She thrives while being involved in collaborative projects that bring back to the community. She has worked in poster design, event design, and illustration for local nonprofit organizations as both an illustrator and a designer. She is grateful for all of the past and future opportunities to design for mission-driven organizations that align with her personal social justice values. Aimée thrives in collaborative, proactive, and highly creative environments where feedback is positively encouraged and well-received. Fluid and playful, Aimée’s approach to crafting visual identities consists of a keen eye for detail and the client’s essence. The focus on nature in Aimée’s work comes from her background living in the Caribbean, where nature is part of everyday life. Living in the Dominican Republic was where her creative sense sparked early on in her childhood. Aimée has always been inclined towards the arts, developing skills in drawing and painting at an early age. Having a strong interest in culture and languages, Aimée finds inspiration in the aspects that make her stand out in the places she’s lived and, therefore, the communities she belongs to. She is always searching for new ways to contribute to the Latino community of Philadelphia and strives to educate others about how to act in solidarity with them. When Aimée is not designing, she enjoys knitting, cooking, challenging herself by learning new recipes, trying new restaurants in Philly, and playing video games. She finds a lot of inspiration in music and dedicates time to practicing her singing. She also enjoys learning about tools that will help her improve her work and participating in courses and webinars. Aimée also enjoys illustrating things that bring her joy and setting drawing challenges for herself.

Sarah Culbertson (she/her) is a native West Philadelphian creative. Hailing from a household of creatives, she learned to enjoy drawing, painting, sculpture, acting, and singing. Sarah’s affinity for playing dress-up as a child later inspired her interest in acting and fashion. She graduated with a BFA in fashion design with a minor in business from Columbia College Chicago in 2013. She recalls creating her senior clothing collection using her mother’s artwork as prints as a notable moment in her undergraduate career. Print design is something that Sarah has explored more in-depth since graduating from college—playing with Photoshop, CAD, and Illustrator to manipulate existing images or create brand new ones. Since then, she’s worked with several clients to create original works of art in clothing and graphic form. Sarah has an exceptional eye for detail and collaboration. Her creative process involves working with clients, from idea formation to design research to sketching to translating those ideas into graphics and creating the final product. In 2015 she collaborated with her mother again to curate a complete twelve-look collection that she crowdfunded and took to Vancouver Fashion Week. About a year later, she moved to Brooklyn and worked for a design company specializing in selling graphic tees, where she learned how to work with clients through design, sales, and customer service. She maintained current clients and brought new ones to that company, like Forever 21. In 2019 she moved back to West Philly and dedicated her time to creating colorful pieces inspired by the things she witnessed in life and her own experiences. Color has always been a big part of her work, where she expresses her visions visually pleasingly, provoking emotion and thoughtfulness. Sarah believes art is highly emotional and should be used to further oneself and encourage people to think of ways of bettering themselves and the world around them. Sarah exercises her fascination with color while integrating symmetry and line work into a good deal of her artwork. An avid reader and lover of history, she draws inspiration from Mod sixes silhouettes and the grace of classic Greek mythology-inspired sculptures. She loves looking to the past to find inspiration while adding a modern twist to her work. She incorporates this thought process into how she creates work as well. Recently she’s been trying a new watercolor painting technique and then scanning it so she can play with it in photoshop. Transferring the watercolor form to a digital form allows her to expand the design in a way neither medium allows alone. Although art and creativity are Sarah’s primary passions, she has found a love and admiration for organization and data analysis. She has found both to help in professional and personal aspects of her life. Excel has become one of her best friends, and she sees a well-done spreadsheet as a work of art. Viewing data analysis as a puzzle she wants to master, she is incredibly detail oriented and likes to use it to spot trends to use in her work and anticipate what a client needs while working together. Outside of creating things visually, she loves to make delicious things in the kitchen. Falling into the indoor plant and baking craze that many people succumbed to, she finds great joy in caring for the ever-expanding plant collection and perfecting her pizza dough and sauce recipes. But she also finds exploring the city’s culinary and cultural options one of her favorite things when she's not working. She uses social media to see the newest and most delicious food experiences. She’s also recently started playing with gel nail art, finding it a new smaller canvas with which she gets to explore a new art form. So far, she’s only gotten to decorate herself and a few select family members' nails, but she’s enjoying the practice.