About Me

Education

High School of Art and Design, New York, NY
Fall 2023–Spring 2027

  • On track for an Advanced Regents diploma and CTE degree in Cartooning

Experience

AND Literary (High School of Art and Design’s semiannual literary and art magazine)
October 2024–June 2027

  • Editor-in-Chief
    October 2025–June 2027

    • Oversaw editorial department, including revising work, delegating tasks, and setting deadlines

    • Planned and coordinated each volume with the art and graphic design department leaders

    • Proofread the magazine and approved for final submission before publication

    • Conducted Q&As for each volume

    • Personal writing published in all volumes

  • Editor
    October 2024–June 2025

    • Edited submissions and conducted Q&As

    • Personal writing published in one volume

Cartooning CTE Major
September 2024–June 2027

  • Intensive three-year Cartooning Major

  • Learned core fundamentals of cartooning

    • Concepts and Techniques: Value, line weight, shape language, exaggeration, anatomy, perspective

    • Physical and Digital Mediums: Pencil, ink, ink wash, watercolor, gouache, clay

    • Projects: Character sheets, comics, bust and full body sculptures, playing cards, caricatures, editorial cartoons, storyboards, landscapes, zines

  • Crafted artist statements, defended and critiqued artwork

Achievements

  • Honor roll for all years of high school

  • Judiciary and the Arts: The History of Democracy exhibition

    • Created artwork portraying the events of the Zuckerman v Metropolitan Museum of Art court case to be displayed at the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse

  • 2026 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

    • Silver Key for Heavy (digital painting, drawing & collage)

    • Honorable Mention for Painting Mercy (short story)

    • Honorable Mention for Escaping the Void (editorial cartoon sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation)

    • Honorable Mention for Firefly (digital painting, drawing & collage)

  • Artwork displayed in exhibitions at the High School of Art and Design

    • Spring Arts Festival 2024, 2025, and 2026

    • Majors Exhibitions 2024, 2025, 2026

    • Foundation Show 2024

  • Juan M. Costa Jr. Award for Excellence (2024)

Interests / Activities

  • Creative writing: I love writing fiction and poetry, and have completed more than 25 short stories.

  • Drawing: I try to draw every day and have loved doing so since childhood.

  • Literature: I enjoy reading both modern and classic fiction. I read 75 novels in 2025.

  • Movie appreciation: I love watching and analyzing a variety of American and foreign movies from silent to contemporary. I watched more than 150 films in 2026.

  • Travel: I’ve visited nine countries and travel every summer.

Computer Skills

  • Adobe Photoshop Certification (2024)

  • Procreate

  • Google Suite