About aml

I’ve never picked a lane.

I’m most drawn to visual art and design, but I also gravitate to music, interiors, film, fashion, landscapes, sports, and business. I love how creativity connects — how the same instincts that shape a garden can inform a website or a logo. I like to think that if you can design one thing, you can design everything.

That idea has guided my career. I started in short-form video at Slate, Eater, and Barron's Media Group, learning how storytelling, visuals, and social media combine to grow a brand. Later, at Pratt Institute, I collaborated with people from wildly different fields and began to see design as a living system where each piece strengthens the whole.

When I moved to Philadelphia in 2018, I started freelancing (which is really just another way of saying you do everything) and really enjoyed the mix of work. Whether it was a global foundation, local nonprofit, or small business, one truth stuck: good design isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity. I’ve refined my practice around that belief.

I create brand and website systems that are thoughtful, affordable, and sustainable. I also give people the tools to manage it confidently, without the cost of a full agency. Marketing and design can help build community, connection, and growth — or it can exclude, manipulate, and exploit. I choose the former, and I want to work with people who do too.

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