📣 Find your voice and use it for positive change

December 14, 2023

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"I needed to get to know my true unique voice as a creative. Spend some time with her…"

“And the only way to do that is by making stuff.” In her talk on the theme of PURPOSE, Monique Wray describes how bringing her entire self to her work brought her professional success.

As an illustrator and animator with experience in 3D and motion graphics, Monique realized she had been chasing trends. But when she started making work that was true to her experience as a black, female creative of Jamaican heritage, her sense of fulfillment flourished. In her talk for our San Francisco chapter, she shares her work and her journey from self-professed nerd to disgruntled designer to hired gun to successful studio owner.

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📣 Find your voice and use it for positive change

"I needed to get to know my true unique voice as a creative. Spend some time with her…"

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