Hello! I'm Desirae 👋🏾

Hello! I'm Desirae 👋🏾

Hello! I'm Desirae 👋🏾

It all started with Myspace.com

It all started with Myspace.com

From a young age, I've always loved being creating and making things but I hated arts and crafts. Haha, crazy right? Myspace was my jam! I loved editing my little profile and customizing my background. Tom was on to something. I was also obsessed with scrapbooking with my mom as a kid and loved creating presentations in high school for my aunt's grad school classes.( I got a lot of 100s for her and myself based on presentation alone.) From doing presentations and scrapbooking, I learned the value of purposeful decision-making and not just doing it because it was cute. From teaching, I became more empathetic to people's uniqueness and accessibility needs. I'm still learning but I believe this was the best change for me.

From a young age, I've always loved being creating and making things but I hated arts and crafts. Haha, crazy right? Myspace was my jam! I loved editing my little profile and customizing my background. Tom was on to something. I was also obsessed with scrapbooking with my mom as a kid and loved creating presentations in high school for my aunt's grad school classes.( I got a lot of 100s for her and myself based on presentation alone.) From doing presentations and scrapbooking, I learned the value of purposeful decision-making and not just doing it because it was cute. From teaching, I became more empathetic to people's uniqueness and accessibility needs. I'm still learning but I believe this was the best change for me.

Before I became a designer, I spent 5+ years as a teacher.

Before I became a designer, I spent 5+ years as a teacher.

As a 7th grade Writing & Social Emotional Learning teacher, I aimed to create a classroom community where students felt safe to make mistakes and ask questions. I loved teaching and seeing children enjoy learning but there was one day, in the middle of teaching a lesson, I looked down and saw a student using a ball pump to pump air into his nose because it felt nice and I knew right then children are hilarious but I wanted to do something different. Somewhere I could still be creative but challenge my brain with a puzzle to solve in a new way

As a 7th grade Writing & Social Emotional Learning teacher, I aimed to create a classroom community where students felt safe to make mistakes and ask questions. I loved teaching and seeing children enjoy learning but there was one day, in the middle of teaching a lesson, I looked down and saw a student using a ball pump to pump air into his nose because it felt nice and I knew right then children are hilarious but I wanted to do something different. Somewhere I could still be creative but challenge my brain with a puzzle to solve in a new way

As a 7th grade Writing & Social Emotional Learning teacher, I aimed to create a classroom community where students felt safe to make mistakes and ask questions. I loved teaching and seeing children enjoy learning but there was one day, in the middle of teaching a lesson, I looked down and saw a student using a ball pump to pump air into his nose because it felt nice and I knew right then children are hilarious but I wanted to do something different. Somewhere I could still be creative but challenge my brain with a puzzle to solve in a new way

When I'm not designing, you can catch me…

When I'm not designing, you can catch me…

hanging with my hubs💖

exploring a new place ✈️

doing a puzzle 🧩

convincing people to watch the WNBA ⛹🏿‍♀️

rewatching ALL of my fav shows for the Xth time 😅

doing an unnecessarily expensive lego set 🤭

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© 2024 Made with blood, sweat and a lot of crtl + z

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© 2024 Made with blood, sweat and a lot of crtl + z