STARBLOSSOM VISUAL MEDIA

Video Production, Photography, Graphic Design, Web Design.

HISTORY

Institute of Noetic Sciences, Petaluma , CA
July 2009 - Present:  produce short promo videos, photography for events and publicity, graphics for website, staff newsletter, Powerpoint programs.

KRCB TV / Community Media Center of Santa Rosa, CA
2007 - 2009:  produced short promo videos ; production crew at KRCB.

Starblossom Visual Media, Rohnert Park, CA
2002 - 2007:  Owner - graphic design, web design, and illustration
(while caring for elderly parent at home.)

Lockheed-Martin at Ames Research Center, CA (NASA)
1997 - 2002:   Media Specialist - Life Sciences
Graphic design and web graphics for the Life Sciences Branch. Produced digital photos for publications, presentations, Critical Design Reviews, and proposals. Designed and co-produced an award winning newsletter for Life Sciences. Edited video footage from the Mir space station during the STS79 mission. Directed, photographed and optimized more than 200 photographs for a proposal that significantly supported Lockheed-Martin’s successful bid for a major contract at NASA-Ames. 

Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA
1994 - 1998:   Videography - Public Affairs
Videotaped seminars for the library archives. Operated TV studio equipment for onsite events.

Additional media experience includes more than 20 years of portrait photography at various studios in California and Arizona.

MEDIA EDUCATION

Two years of Studio Art classes at University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

A.A. program (two year), in Film / TV / Digital Art, DeAnza College, CA.

Certificate (two year), in Web Design / Graphic Design, UCSC, CA.

Additional education includes four years of biology studies at San Jose State University, and two years as a biological technician in the microbiology labs at Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, CA.

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