14th August 2020

360 Marketing Campaign, Brand Strategy & Product Design

I was selected out of 12,000 applicants to represent BEHR Paint as their first ever "Color Explorer." The gig transcended various creative disciplines: content creation and strategy, branding, blogging, social media marketing, product design, and copywriting.

2straws • 14th August 2020

Creative Direction

My fine art travel photography e-commerce business, 2STRAWS. This print shop is at once a photography portfolio and an example of my creative direction in bringing a new brand to life.

14th August 2020

Luxury Travel Magazine Spread (Writing & Photography)

"A Day in the Life" of an Exclusive Resorts member aboard the National Geographic Explorer in Antarctica.

14th August 2020

Print Travel Magazine Feature

Featured contribution to CURATED, a premium travel magazine. My story "Arabia, Unfaded," which I wrote and photographed, recounts an adventure to UAE and Oman.

The Home Depot • 3rd October 2019

Corporate Blog Interview

After launching the "Endless Summer" paint palette I created for BEHR into The Home Depot stores across North America, they interviewed me about the project.

14th August 2020

Social Media Partnership, Content Creation & Strategy

Paid partnership with California apparel brand Richer Poorer. Back when the brand only sold socks, I traveled to Japan (where shoes are quick to come off) to showcase their latest collection. I created the concept and all marketing collateral (shareable IG posts and product photography).

2straws • 14th August 2020

Travel Expertise

"How I Travel For Free, In Style, Every Time." An informative article about travel hacking on my own website (2straws.com).

14th August 2020

Digital Travel Magazine Exposé

Another article I wrote for Exclusive Resorts' bi-annual print magazine, CURATED, about my favorite luxury properties in their global catalog.

Colorfully BEHR • 12th November 2019

Corporate Blog Post

The last of five blog posts I wrote for BEHR Paint's corporate blog, "Colorfully, BEHR," in which I explain my creative process for designing and naming new paint colors.

Colorfully BEHR • 11th September 2019

Adventure Storytelling

"Redefining Earth Tones in Banff National Park." Spoiler alert: "Get to da choppa!"

14th August 2020

Paperback Essay Collection

A personal project, self-published on Amazon in 2014 after completing a six-month intensive Nonfiction certificate course at the University of Washington.

15th August 2020

Instagram Brand Features

My content is regularly featured by top travel and fashion brands. Seen here: Cole Haan, Relais & Châteaux, AFAR, and Matador Network.

Medium • 4th August 2014

Humor Writing

"IKEA: My Nightmare." This went semi-viral on Medium (I guess people felt my pain). I'm including it here to show my range as a writer.

Medium • 6th June 2014

Longform Nonfiction

The story of my Mt. Rainier summit climb, and an elegy for my guide who perished in a mountaineering accident on a different climb the following year.

14th August 2020

Travel Guidebook

My first book! A guidebook I co-authored when I was a wee Junior in college, on Loreto, BCS, Mexico.

Youtube • 14th August 2020

Adventure Documentary Script Writing & Editing

Throwback to 2014. I made a short adventure documentary (for fun) about the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. I'm not a videographer; I'm including this to show I can also write for video.