My creative journey started in junior high with a home economics course where I enjoyed learning to sew. I continued taking sewing classes in high school and now have a good laugh when I look back at some of the outfits I made and wore during that time.
I grew up in a family of six near the small town of Bentley, Alberta, Canada and when I wasn’t doing chores on the family farm, I loved watching fashion shows on TV and sketching the latest designs. This led me to move to Richmond, B.C. after high school to study fashion design and technology at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. After graduation, I started working with a local clothing company sourcing garment trims and working with local factories. A year later, I was promoted to the designer position and began designing sportswear sold in ski resorts across North America. It was a small company, and this meant I was doing a wide variety of tasks including designing, sourcing materials, making patterns, and at times, shipping orders. Unfortunately, after fifteen years with the brand, the company faced financial troubles and eventually had to lay off all of their employees.
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