In my second year of high school, I stumbled across an article in the Toronto Star commending the work of medical illustrators who were not only skilled artists, but skilled scientific communicators as well. I threw myself into researching more about the field and ultimately decided to pursue the Masters of Biomedical Communications program at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM). I pursued an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in Biology for Health Science at UTM and took on work creating illustrations for first-year engineering textbooks and biology department graphics. In my last year, decided to put my skills towards creating illustrations for an interactive vertebrate lab manual, to supplement material in a dissection-based course I had previously taken.
My ultimate career goal is to enter the field of biomedical communication as a scientific communicator, working towards the effective dissemination of information in order to improve accessibility to complex medical and scientific information. I am currently interested in exploring animation and interactive media as tools for scientific communication.