A tube of fancy oil paint for myself could easily cost $30. When I filled my car up with a full tank of gas, it costed about that much....

I could not have gotten to where I am today without my share of mentors and advisors. So many years ago, as an undergraduate at Scripps...

My dream is to be a surface designer. When I need to be inspired, I find my way to the fabric store. A polka dot pattern here, a plaid...

Hi Robbie, Thanks for encouraging me to enter the pitch competition for Girls in Tech. One thing led to another. I never thought I...

Although it sounded fancy to say that I was working in Beverly Hills, it actually took a grueling 2.5 hours to drive from my home to...

Whatever rejections I face in the outside world, may it be a difficulty in finding work or getting people to like my illustrations, the...

I was pretending to be a professor today and gave a lecture to the second graders. Actually I just told them a story. I miss going to...

Photo Credit: Maryam Aziz My hats off to all the students in the class. Each of them has to do something outside their comfort zone. For...

My aunt, Somi, inspired me to swim. I used to be a great breastroker in high school. But life sets in. I just didn't have the time to...

One of my favorite parts about working on this project is collaborating with my partners in crime, Maryam and Max. We call ourselves the...

Chalks sit on the side line, waiting to enter the mural, as I make some random decisions: It's like solving a big puzzle, or playing...

1. Make hot glue gun texture templates for kindergarteners to do rubbings. 2. Using 3D printing pens to make whimsical bubble makers. 3....

Every week, I spend a disproportionate amount of time prepping for art classes for a K-2 school. While I love every minute of it, no...

As I'm writing this, my 3D printer is humming with activity. I'm printing a "new face" for myself so I will look beautiful. (See photo...

I was passing out art materials to my students. They each got different colors. "You get what I give you," I told them. Before I could...

Some days I feel like giving in. I don't mind the work: Driving to and from Downtown LA in heavy traffic; staying up late to prepare...

Some people think I shouldn't be going back to teaching. When I came to ArtCenter, like many others, I wanted to be this whole new...

I remember that my teacher, Paul, said this, "with drawing, you have the whole playing field." He means that with drawing, there are no...

I found photographs faded from time. Handwritten notes strewn across the backs of photos. Photos pressed in-between letters that were...

Who likes being in in-between spaces, in-between jobs, and in-between projects? After graduation and grad show, it seems anticlimactic to...