I am a graphic and web designer currently located in Silicon Valley, with a BA degree in Interdisciplinary Computing & the Arts from the University of California, San Diego. What set me apart as a web designer are my background in visual art, professional experience in UI/UX design, and my technical knowledge including hand-coding W3C standards compliant CSS + XHTML pages with Javascript (jQuery / Mootools) and PHP for dynamic content presentation.
I believe that good design is about story-telling as much as problem-solving. The best design work not only provides a solution but also gives your brand personality. A designer's job is to make sure every image, every word, every line, every dot contributes to achieving that goal cohesively. Nothing more, nothing less.
Please contact me if you're interested in hiring me for design or front-end development projects. Résumé available upon request.