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BORN AND RAISED IN NEW YORK CITY. BACKGROUND IN ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN. UNABASHED NERD. PROUD USER OF PEN, PAPER, AND IMAGINATION. ROMANTIC INTERESTS: DETAIL, CRAFT, SECOND GLANCES, BOOKS, AND A KILLER CUP OF COFFEE. (TEA IS PRETTY GRAND TOO.) HAVEN'T MANAGED TO CURE CANCER OR BRING WORLD PEACE. I'M CERTAINLY NOT A ROCKET SCIENTIST EITHER. INSTEAD I PLAY WITH MAKEUP. I'VE LEARNED THAT SIMPLICITY IS BEAUTIFUL, THAT BARE SKIN IS RADIANT, THAT GOOD TASTE AND A LIGHT TOUCH ARE WORTH MORE THAN OVERARCHING ORIGINALITY. THAT COOPERATIVE VISION IS GREATER THAN INDIVIDUAL SUPERSTARDOM. THAT TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE IN A RUSH TO BE CREATIVE WITHOUT HAVING MASTERED THE BASICS. THAT MERE PROVOCATION IS NOT ART. MY GOAL: TO GIVE COMPLEXITY AN APPEARANCE OF AESTHETIC EASE. THAT WHAT I CONTRIBUTE TO CONVEYS, AT THE VERY LEAST, THE ELOQUENCE OF CLARITY AND PERHAPS IS, AT ITS BEST, TO QUOTE NICK KNIGHT, "PROFOUND AND MOVING." MY THANK YOU LIST: TO DEVRA KINERY - FOR SHOWING INSTEAD OF TELLING. TO VIRGINIA YOUNG - FOR FIRST CHANCES + FIRST TEAR SHEETS. TO KELLIE AT JED ROOT - FOR OPENING DOORS AND BREAKING GLASS CEILINGS. FOR GIVING IT TO ME STRAIGHT WHEN OTHERS DIDN'T. TO DICK PAGE - FOR 5+ YEARS OF TOLERATING ME THROUGH THE AWKWARD, THE FRUSTRATING, AND THE MADDENING. FOR MAKING ME LEARN IT ALL OVER AGAIN AND NEVER ACCEPTING GOOD AS GOOD ENOUGH. AND FINALLY, TO MY SISTERS - FOR NOT CARING A SPIT'S WORTH ABOUT MAKEUP AND KEEPING ME HUMBLE - THANK YOU.