Designer, creative director, fine art photographer, and educator, Claudia has been an active member of the design and education community for the past 25 years. As Senior Designer / Creative Director for Methodologie/Seattle /USA, Claudia developed identity systems, marketing and investor communication materials for major corporations. She has received numerous awards, grants, and honors acknowledging her teaching and design. Claudia operates a successful studio that integrates her design practice with photography to produce work that is  distributed internationally. Her work is informed by a passion for travel and observation. With twenty years of tenured teaching experience, Claudia earned her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and her BA from the Evergreen State College and holds her certificate from the Burnley School of Professional Art. A longtime member of the AIGA, serving as Educational Director and founder of programs that mentor young designers, she continues to support students in the AIGA Student Chapter at Cornish College of the Arts.