To me art is a way of experssing my sense of freedom through connecting with the creative energy that surrounds us all. My one favorite artistic expression is designing and making clothing which I started at very young age. Clothing can make a person a walking work of art. I strive being creative in everything I do from relationships to teaching, to daily routines like (making tea). We are so privileged to have so much to choose from, what discipline.

P R O F I L E
• Working as co-founder, visionary and Creative Director for an upcoming ethical fashion brand
• Designing a sustainable womenswear and nightwear
• Pattern making, sewing, liasing with partnering companies
I am a mother of four adult children first, a clothing designer by trade and an
elementary school teacher for the past 10 years, teaching arts and crafts among other
subjects. Since I was only 5-years old, my interest in sewing and arts became the
pivotal point for my grandmother to start pouring into me her legacy of a carpet
weaver, seamstress and arts and crafts. Later in teens, I started making my own
clothes from start to finish and grew the interest by attending the Fashion of Design
and Merchandising Institute in San Fancisco, and graduating in Finland as a patternmaker.
Since then I have had my own atelje and become a co-founder of ethical
sustainable fashion and lifestyle brand.

http://www.takaraunited.com

Fashion Institute of Design and Merchindising (FIDM) SF, CA/ Collegelevel Patternmaking Cutting Associate

1993