I am a first generation Texan. I spent much of my formative years in New Mexico, on my grandma Rosita's chile farm. I moved to Austin, Texas at the age of 18 and made it my home for most of my life.After a marriage and two children, I went back to art school at the age of thirty-two. I worked at an advertising agency in Los Angeles for a short time then moved back to Austin and became a free-lance artist. I then landed a job at the Austin American-Statesman where I worked as a graphic designer for fifteen years. I learned many valuable lessons working in...more