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Growing up in Boulder, Colorado, I remember looking out the window at the tailing piles of the mines on the steep hills during the family road trips into the mountains. Even as a child I wondered what motivated those miners to travel hundreds or thousands of miles to work and live in such difficult situations. From that simple fascination as a child I continue to research those who traveled long distances to unknown locations without knowing what the future would hold. |
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My love of history came later in life while researching my own family history. Surpassing the basic vital records and discovering more about the lives of these individuals became my focus. My hobby eventually evolved into another BA degree, this time in history. Knowing more about history and the historical process allows me to place people into a clearer historical context.
After spending over a decade as a graphic designer I wanted to somehow blend my knowledge as a designer with my newly earned skills as an historian. I naturally gravitated to projects that present history in a visual manner. My desire to combine my crafts took me to Boston where I entered graduate school and received a Masters in history. Here I refined my research and interpretive skills by working with as many different primary sources as possible. Exposure to additional areas of public history helped me develop my desire to work on projects that bring the public and history together in creative ways.
In addition to my work in Colorado, I gained fascinating experiences with colonial-America historical sources in Massachusetts, I worked on an historical documentary film, developed historical websites, and gained some unforgettable hands-on knowledge with artifacts at an historical house museum.
View my CV for more details about my education, work, and publication background.
Following are some of my projects that are easy to view.
Historical Websites
• Creative History
• Sweet History: Dorchester and the Chocolate Factory
Historical Documentary
• The War That Made America
PBS website supporting the documentary
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