Master of Fine Arts candidate in Design, emphasis in Fashion and Textiles
Bachelor of Arts in Design, emphasis in Fashion and Textiles
Minor in Psychology
› Finalized specs and created technical spec binders to distribute, along with trims and labels, to factories
› Approved markers and created cut sheets for each production season
› Visited factories, dye house, and vendors regularly to ensure smooth production
› Managed Certificates of Compliance and trim, shrink test, and lab dip archives
› Performed quality control for each season, including measuring garments and checking garment construction and color standards
› Visited factories, dye house, and vendors regularly to ensure smooth production
› Originated purchase orders for sewing, trim, fabric and dye vendors
› Closely communicated with international and domestic sewing, trim, fabric and dye vendors in order to encourage timely fulfillment of orders
› Facilitated sample development by drawing Illustrator flats, cutting patterns, assisting with fittings, and shipping samples to overseas showrooms
› Visited factories, dye house, and vendors regularly to ensure smooth production
› Maintained records of fabric and trim inventory, cut sheets, and fabric testing
› Proficient with Microsoft Excel, Word, Entourage and PowerPoint
› Skilled at Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, familiar with HTML and CSS
› Comfortable with both Macintosh and PC computers
› Adept at sewing, draping, hand-dyeing and screen printing
› Experienced with industrial single-needle, merrow and overlock machines
› Knowledgeable in sustainable textiles and their complexities
› Consortium for Women and Research, Graduate Research Award // 2011-2012
› UC Davis and Humanities, Graduate Research Award // 2011-2012
› UC Davis, President's Undergraduate Fellowship Award // 2007
› Outstanding Contribution to Design, UC Davis Design Department; 2007
› Excellence in Design, UC Davis Design Department; 2007
› Helped start a resuse store for the UC Davis campus and created store operations and procedures with university administration
› In charge of external tasks such establishing relationships with university departments and campus organizations and managing donations
› Exhibited a textile art piece,“The Last Leaf Left,” as a call for environmental stewardship
› Hand-stitched the composition using textile scraps and leftover yarn
Under the program, established a reuse center to promote the creative reuse of “waste” materials and sustainability through arts and crafts.
› Presented sustainable textile research in lecture entitled, “Ecofashion: Environmentally and Socially Conscious Clothing”
› Synthesis of year-long project of creating a sustainable collection and researching sustainable fabrics and natural dyes
› Presented a textile research lecture entitled, “A Detailed Look at an Extant 1920s Dress”
› Researched all aspects, including sewing construction and historical background, of a garment from the Design Collection
› Completed over seventy hours of community service each school year
› Positions held within the fraternity include Historian, Community Service Coordinator, Corresponding Secretary & Press Secretary
