Experience
2022 - Present
Freelance Artist
Illustrate, storyboard, animate original and commissioned content.
Manage professional websites.
2024 - Present
Biologist
Environmental Monitoring Lab
Wallingford, CT
Care for aquatic lab animals, conduct aquatic toxicity testing for various businesses per EPA mandates.
2022 - 2024
Oyster Farmhand
Fishers Island Oyster Farm
Fishers Island, NY
Maintained farm gear, sorted and harvested oysters, prepared oysters for shipping.
Spring 2022
Animation Intern
Nine Dots
Remote
Animated content for professional social media pages to acknowledge holidays and other events.
Utilized Illustrator to create vector art and After Effects to create simple animations.
2020
Fish Department Associate
All Pets Club
Branford,CT
Sold a variety of aquarium animals such as fresh and saltwater fish, plants, and feeder animals as well as aquarium products like filters, gravel, and tanks.
Maintenance of department included cleaning tanks, feeding animals, washing out filtration equipment.
Education
2020 - 2022
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, NY
M.F.A. Animation and Motion Arts
Thesis Film: "The Sea Train"
2015 - 2019
Roger Williams University
Bristol, RI
B.S. Marine Biology
B.A. Aquaculture and Aquarium Science
Study Abroad Program (2017)
St. George's, Bermuda
Skills
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Leadership
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Teamwork
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Animation Production
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Preproduction
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Asset & Character Creation
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Idea Generation
Programs
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Adobe Suite
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Google Suite
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TVPaint
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Blender
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Toon Boom Harmony
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Storyboard Pro
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Clip Studio Paint
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Procreate
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RG Trapcode
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Dragonframe
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Coding (C#, HTML)