I have an MFA in graphic design from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University (‘12) and a bachelors in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia (‘07). To this day, my writing and design skills are best of friends and cross-inform each other more often than not. 

I’ve been teaching in some capacity since 2013. I started with online instruction via Academy of Art University based in San Francisco and then began in-person teaching at the University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities (2015 –2022), and at Perpich Center for Arts Education (2015–17).

I’ve worked as an art director and designer for city magazines and as a designer/creative at a couple of agencies in Minneapolis. I also take freelance work when it’s a good fit. I most recently completed a huge board game project called Three Days on Callisto as well as designed the inaugural print annual for AIA Minnesota’s Enter magazine.

In my free time, I hang out with my 5-year-old daughter, Piper Lee, and my husband Trent who is also a designer — we met in grad school!  I have three pets — two dogs and a cat.

images on this site by www.jennings.photo