Portfolio
This is a selection of projects I have worked on in the past. I have them broke down into current work and a selection of academic projects from my time at California State University Fullerton.
Professional Work
Select freelance and other professional projects.
Camp Coyote: Without Limits
I was approached in 2025 to be the staff photographer for the inaugural year of a new program offering called Camp Coyote. I was thrilled to be invited back in 2026 as the program entered its second year and grew in a big way. This gallery is a small selection of images from that 2026 event.
Camp Coyote is an adaptive day camp experience put on by the Long Beach Area Council - Scouting America at their Camp Tahquitz property. The program aims to provide special-needs youth from Southern California a chance to experience the magic of camp at a pace they feel comfortable at.
Over the course of multiple days on-site, I followed campers and staff throughout the expanded event. Photos from this event were then used in successful grant applications to fund future iterations of Camp Coyote. In my opinion? This is the highlight of my career.
Camp Tahquitz staff photos
I’ve maintained my professional relationship with Camp Tahquitz for the last 3 years by coming up during the summer to shoot the annual Camp Staff photo.
It is not a complicated project, but the challenges of shooting outdoors with only natural light make every year different. It’s a fun and simple way for me to stay connected to a camp that played a key role in my life growing up.
Summer Internship Project: Young Adults Changing Relationship with the News
I presented this deck at the end of my summer internship at Venture Strategic Inc. I used a broader Pew Research Center study titled “Americans’ Complicated Relationship With News” and focused on how those findings applied to young adults ages 18-29 in particular.
I used these findings to present suggestions to my colleagues and supervisors on ways to increase engagement among this younger audience in order to attract attention to client messaging.
Summer Internship Project: ACC-OC Golden Hub Of Innovation Awards
This summer, while interning at Venture Strategic, I had the opportunity to serve as event photographer for the Association of California Cities – Orange County's Golden Hub of Innovation Awards. Held at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, the event honored achievement in public policy, community impact, and innovation.
The project taught me a great deal, both as a photographer and as a professional. Working alongside the Venture Strategic team, I had to move quickly, solve problems on the fly, and work around technical glitches to make the event a success.
My biggest takeaway was the importance of knowing your gear before the event. I was shooting on company equipment, so I was learning an unfamiliar camera platform while adapting to constantly changing lighting. It was a crash course, and it sharpened both my technical skills and my ability to stay adaptable under pressure.
I didn't want to stop at the lessons, though. After the event, I took on a small project to help upgrade Venture Strategic's in-house photography setup. Drawing on my own photography experience and feedback from the night, I researched gear additions and upgrades and made recommendations to help the team avoid the same challenges at future events.
Academic Projects
California State University Fullerton
The Ontario Tower Buzzers
For my senior capstone project, I had the incredible opportunity to work on the account team for the Ontario Tower Buzzers, a brand-new Minor League Baseball team based in Ontario, California. Over the course of the semester at CSUF, my team developed an integrated strategic communications plan to market the team to community audiences in the weeks leading up to opening day.
As advertising coordinator, I worked with our account executive to identify a target demographic and brainstorm ways to connect with them, revising that research throughout the campaign to meet the team's changing needs.
This project gave me firsthand experience working with a real client in an agency setting, and the chance to be part of a brand-new sports team's launch. I learned that I genuinely enjoy the research and strategy side of communications — and that I still have a lot to learn.
I've included both the slide deck for our proposal and the detailed campaign proposal we created over the course of the project. In putting together the written proposal, I was responsible for formatting the final document, which gave me experience managing tight deadlines across multiple authors.
Estas Beauty
For this case study, our group was assigned the cosmetics brand Estas Beauty and tasked with developing a celebrity endorsement strategy for the brand's line of scar care products. This proved challenging, as we quickly discovered that most potential celebrity partners already had existing brand deals or product lines of their own.
So we decided to do something different: pivot Estas' scar care products toward a new male audience and reposition the line as a recovery product rather than a beauty one. This shift opened up new endorsement prospects with figures like Miles Teller, Jason Bateman, and Tony Hawk.
I focused on the strategy and messaging behind our campaign, making sure that once we'd selected our endorsements, their messaging would genuinely resonate with our target audience. Over the course of this project, I learned how important it is to stay curious and open-minded, and I got to explore an industry I otherwise pay little attention to.
Celsius Pitch Deck and Brief
In this project, I served as project leader, overseeing research, strategy, and the development of creative concepts. Together, we developed a campaign concept to pivot an energy drink away from its traditional market and expand into a new one.
This was my first time writing a long-form creative brief, which my group later used as the foundation for our project. As the "account executive," I balanced deadlines with academic commitments and learned the importance of delegating tasks I struggle with, like graphic design, to teammates better suited for them.
Throughout the case study, I was responsible for keeping brainstorming sessions on-brand and ensuring our key message stayed aligned with what we'd proposed. I learned the importance of both delegating to and following up with teammates, as well as the value of really getting to know a client or brand before starting work.
How to Build a Bench…Sorta
I wrote, shot, and edited this video as a project for COMM 317: Digital Foundations at CSUF. Students were assigned to create a video on a subject of their choosing, either speaking about or demonstrating knowledge of it.
I chose carpentry because it's something I grew up around, and because it felt less complex than my interest in auto repair and less production-heavy than a video on photography. I spent one day writing the script and gathering materials, two days shooting, and one more long day editing — completing the project in four days from start to finish.
Along the way, I gained hands-on experience with Adobe Premiere and learned that I'm far more comfortable behind the camera than in front of it. I also learned that any task requiring you to explain what's happening will take longer than expected, so it's worth building that extra time into your production schedule.
One note: this isn't a DIY video — it's a look at my process in making something.