When the editors at American Way, American Airlines’ in-flight magazine, needed to explain how the Panama Canal’s lock system worked, they had one big challenge: they only had a 2'' x 4'' space to do it. That’s where I came in. As an infographic designer who specializes in simplifying complex systems, I created a compact but detailed visual that shows how ships travel through the Panama Canal using a series of locks powered by gravity.

After college, I moved from Georgia to Madison, Wisconsin for graduate school. That experience taught me a lot — like how it can snow in April, that “thunder snow” is a real thing, and most importantly, that there is a right and wrong way to walk when it’s icy outside. Years later, long after a few hard lessons and bruises, I turned those insights into something visual — a self-promotional how to walk on ice infographic created under my company, Tablet Infographics.