For as long as I can remember, I have always loved art. The colors all just amaze me. I have been drawing since I could hold a pencil. Graphic design has ALWAYS been my dream. I tried getting my degree 25 years ago at Pittsburgh Technical Institute (College now), but being a single, young female from the country and put in the city ALONE does not alwyas work out. I realized that people are not always nice everywhere one goes, and as a result I dropped out. I tried going back a year later, the loans I had did not allow it. I needed rent from one loan for landlord, but I wouldn't receive it until I was already in school for 2 days. No rent, no school. My life went A LOT different than what I had pictured after that, but I survived and am here to go after my dream, and I hope to inspire others along the way to do the same