#Inclusion

Dental Anatomy Poster

Why Diversity and Inclusivity Matters in Medical Illustration I was in the 2nd grade, and a friend told me my gums were dirty. My mom is a dentist and was asked to come to my 2nd-grade class to do a lesson on oral hygiene and the importance of preventative health care. Mostly a “don’t be…

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Women’s History Month – Remembering Mary Anning

Ichthyosaur by Assata Caldwell Worrell

We are at the end of March which is Women’s History Month, but also the month that has International Women’s Day and National Puppy Day. Both of these days and Women’s History Month were my theme of work and reading. At the end of February on a very long drive up to Minnesota, I listened…

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New Year, New Gear!

I have recently made the move from 3D modeling to 3D animation, and with that, I needed a little bit more power to back my rendering. I previously had a dual-core processor with 6 GB of RAM, which was great for rendering still images, but was horrendous for rendering animations. After doing an eye-bleeding amount…

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I Need Illustrations, Where Do I start?

When I start on a new project, the first thing I like to ask is, “why are you making this?” When I start talking with a client about what kind of illustrations would work best for their goals, I find that when you ask “why” you get insight into more of the project beyond, “here…

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The Value of Context

I sent three friends (one of them my sister) a Snapchat of my new kitchen faucet and the responses were eye-opening! I captioned my snap with “by myself”.  My sister responded with congratulations with replacing the faucet by myself.  One of my friends responded with “you had to do the dishes by yourself?!?” and my…

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Working International

The work and process of working with international groups   On my case studies page, I cover the work I have done with the group HealthCare Tends with Dr. Azeez Butali, and their project “Help My Pikin”.  I was very lucky to experience creating something for a different cultural group that had a need that…

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Kids and Entrepreneurship

The term entrepreneur was coined by Jean-Baptiste Say, a French economist and scholar. The word originally came from the French word entreprendre, meaning: undertaking. In English, the term entrepreneur is often translated to an adventurer.  Whether you identify entrepreneurship as a necessary undertaking of some sorts, or a bout of adventure, becoming an entrepreneur takes…

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A Honeymoon at The Mammoth Site®

At the end of September, my new husband and I adventured to Hot Springs, South Dakota for our honeymoon. Hot Springs was a beautiful little town that smelled like juniper and mint, but the real treasure in Hot Springs is The Mammoth Site.  My husband, the paleontologist enthusiast, and I, also intrigued by paleontology, were…

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