hello, my name is Catherine!

I'm currently Editorial Designer at Planning, a quarterly membership print publication that publishes weekly digital stories, for the American Planning Association. Prior to this role, I was Senior Designer at Modern Luxury, where I worked on 7 national titles, from San Francisco to Atlanta. I designed a variety of front-of-book layouts, openers, home tours, celebrity features, and insert covers. I kickstarted my career at Encyclopaedia Britannica, Gies College of Business, EV charging station company EVBox, Ricker Library, and a non-profit that educates and empowers those interested in the music industry, Gen Admission (proud to have came up with the name).

I earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Graphic Design and a BFA in Painting, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. During my time at UIUC, I enjoyed museum studies, art history, advertising, journalism, and several in environmental sciences. I studied abroad at the University of Leeds in Yorkshire, England.

When I'm not working, I'm doing one of my favorite things around Chicago: listening to a podcast or music on a walk, fangirling at a concert (60 and counting!), or picking up an oat milk latte and ranking it in my coffee journal.