In One Stroke

Architecture and Creative Design are my background, and I have built my graphic design skills on that foundation. Years of my graphic design experience with editing digital images, applying color perception, typography rules, and web interactions taught me to design for print and web. I can create visuals representing your company from scratch. But if you already have brand standards and strategies, I’d rather maintain them while developing new campaigns. Why? CONSISTENCY in your company’s visuals and presence is priceless. It’s the only way to be RECOGNIZED and REMEMBERED.

Alma Mater

Wroclaw University of Technology

Master's Degree in Architecture

1985

Back then, I wanted to bring harmony to people’s lives and design comfortable homes and peaceful, beautiful living spaces for them. Later, I realized that much of humanity is homeless… and I almost became homeless myself.
Ever since, I have cherished working for non-profits and organizations caring about human rights and empowerment.

Continuing Education

William R. Harper College

2009

Computer Graphic Arts Cerification

2014

Certified in Managing Social Media Platforms

LEARN in Partnership with W. R. Harper College
Moraine Valley Community College

2020

Certified in Creating WordPress Website

TASKS: Websites and Digital Graphics Design

Kinship United is an international charity that is forming families for Orphans and Widows, based on networks of indigenous Christian Churches and Rescue Centers.

Projects that Matter

Warm Blankets Orphan Care (Kinship United)

TASKS: Prints, Magazines, and Digital Projects

Pan-African Academy of Christian Surgeons

PAACS trains African physicians to become surgeons and care for the African population. PAACS also disciples these surgeons to share the love of Christ with their patients to bring to them healing and salvation.

Annie’s Resale for the World is a nonprofit resale shop supporting the extremely poor in the Chicagoland area and around the world. If you live in or pass through Northern Illinois, you are welcome to visit this shop!

Great Touch Cleaning, Inc. provides cleaning and organizing services to residential and commercial customers in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. If that’s where you live or run your business, you can visit their blog to read good cleaning and organizing tips or call them for a free estimate.

TASKS: Photography, Graphics, Prints, and Website Design

TASKS: Website Design, Blogging, Prints, and Pinterest

Annie's Resale for the World
Great Touch Cleaning, Inc.

2010 - 2015

2017 - 2019

2011 - >

2019 - >

My Site: Memos and Moments is always a "work-in progress".

From Drafting to Digital

Before software, design was tactile: the whisper of graphite on vellum, the precise cut of a razor on film. These analog methods instilled a discipline of structural clarity, where every line and curve was earned through deliberate, physical effort. The limitations of the medium forced an economy of form.

The digital age brought new freedoms, yet the underlying principles of grid, proportion, and hierarchy remain. This section explores the enduring lessons from drafting tables and darkrooms, comparing their meticulous craft with today's fluid workflows. A foundational understanding grounds contemporary practice.