1992-present Designer & Desktop Publisher of Marketing Tools for North County ROP/Adult Schools and other clients.

Working with as many as 3 Adult Schools, design, format and develop pre-press materials for quarterly course catalogs.
The results yield dramatic increases(up to 90%) in enrollment.

ROP Commercial Art for Rancho Buena Vista High School
Blending traditional Commercial Art standards with technology, students acquire marketable skills and a foundation in computer graphics: Quark, CorelDraw, Painter, Flash, Dreamweaver. Today, the course is a 2-level course articulated with Palomar College.
1999-Present — Introduce high school Digital Arts course
Traditional Art to Digital Art using both to communicate. Includes study of Cartooning, Comix strips and Animation for the Web.
1995-Present — Adjunct faculty member, Palomar College
Digital Imaging instructor, Photoshop, ImageReady, CorelDraw.

Primary services include public relations, advertising, and marketing for corporate and nonprofit organizations. Full service agency developing the creative and implementing materials and overseeing campaigns. Create Graphic Design materials in all mediums to meet and exceed objectives. Interfacing with departmental heads required strong communications skills when partnering with clients to achieve results.

• Skills and services. Management, production, creative application of Desktop Publishing, art and video direction, copywriting, journalism, photo retouching, illustration, graphic design, printing and media buying.
• In-house Production Specialties. Pre-press production and computer imaging of annual reports, brochures, catalogs, ads, direct mail pieces, magazines, and newsletters, decals/label, specialty binders and products.
• Public Relations. Public Service Announcements, event planning, interfacing with newspapers, television and radio. Legal PR, high-profile cases.

Art Director, Creative Director, Fashion Illustrator, Media Buyer, Copywriter as part of the corporate merchandising team for a retail chain of 30 stores. Managed an advertising budget over $1 million while developing and producing multimedia ad campaigns: print, broadcast and P.O.P. Materials.

Graphic Department Supervisor: developed and managed graphics and presentation department for government training and documentation.
Top Secret Clearance.

Created storyboards and animation cells for audio visual military training films as an illustrator and lead artist.

Supervised personnel and created promotional materials.

Designed hand painted women's leather apparel (wearable art) and accessories selling through out the United States in major specialty stores.

1967-1969 Academy of Art, San Francisco majoring in commercial art
1971 Bachelor of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute.
1978-1984 Southwestern College, Mesa College, Grossmont College, UCLA and UCSD courses in marketing, photography, computer science and video communications classes, seminars and workshops.
1995-1997 Voc-Ed Instructional Classes
1998 Cal State San Marcos, Certificate for Web Designer
1999-2001 Workshops, Administrative Courses, Classes in current software for web and print publishing

ROP Teacher of the Year 2000-2001
Vista Golden Apple Recipient 2000-2001
Vista Teacher of the Year 2000-2001
San Diego County Fair Teacher of Excellence 2001-2002

Professional Clear Designated Subjects Vocational Education Teaching, K-Adult
Credential: Full-time Subjects: Computer Applications; Art; Design; Advertising

1992-1993 Volunteers time to a nonprofit, community publication and organization. Mailed over a quarter-million publications throughout San Diego. "The challenge and the blessing was working with other professionals who volunteered their time and skills developing a publication which focused on goodness."