After 20+ years in advertising, working on every type of client imaginable, you’d think it would be easy to write a bio about myself, right? Wrong. Nope. Nuh-uh. Not true. Hate it. So, instead, I’m going to show you how I art-directed myself at the age of 7. Obviously, my Mexican roots (and Indiana Jones?) are playing a huge role here!

That really says it all. But here’s some other stuff if you’re interested.

experience

Freelance Creative Director  | 2013 - Present

Agencies: Mother, Mekanism, McCann, Wunderman Thompson, Ogilvy, Co:Collective, Odysseus Arms, Taxi, Momentum, Barkley, Direct to brand/Start-ups (NDA’d)

Clients: Target, YouTube, Ulta Beauty, Prudential, Ben & Jerry’s, Microsoft, Met Life, Stella, Google, Barefoot Wine, Skype, Verizon Wireless, Verizon Fios, Vaseline, American Express, Ikea, Uber, Delta, GoDaddy, Kimberly-Clark, Maxwell House, MiO, Mucinex, Cigna, Qualcomm, NY Lottery, Ethical Bean Coffee, + a number of pitches

AFG&  |  2012 - 2013

CD on the Purina Friskies account and also worked on Purina Europe, Fancy Feast, Ethan Allen, Svedka, Blistex, Goody's, and various pitches

Freelance Creative  |  2012

Agencies: The Brooklyn Brothers, Arcade Creative Group, Womenkind, AFG&

Clients: Optimum, Citi, American Express, Stratasys, Nestlé Purina, Southwest Key

McCann NY  |  2004 - 2012

Worked on MasterCard, Nestlé Waters, General Mills, Staples, Wendy's, Weight Watchers, Nikon, and various pitches

Ogilvy NY  |  1998 - 2004

Worked on American Express, IBM, Kraft Foods, Miller Light, Barbie, Riverkeeper, WebMD, and various pitches

recognition

Lürxer's Int'l TV Archive, New York Addy Awards, One Club Women in Advertising, AdvertisingServed.com, Kinsale Shark Awards, Victoria and Albert Museum Brands of the 20th Century Show and Book, Shoot Magazine, Creativity Online, Purina Innovation Award

Education

University of Delaware

Bachelors of Fine Arts in Visual Communications

LinkedIn Page

Oh, and this is me today. Although, I think I was more stylish at age 7…