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After working for years at several high-profile tech companies, I could not ignore my true passion. I began studying interior architectural design through UCLA while working a demanding day job. One of my professors told me I had talent, but that I was killing myself. I decided that I would dive off of the deep end head first and follow my passion. I opened up my own firm and since has completed several projects across the state without pause. I’ve designed everything from Victorian flats to lofty start-up office spaces to Stinson Beach houses, and each of them caters to a very different aesthetic. it’s an inherently California aesthetic, which is a little more laid-back and imperfect as juxtaposed with, say, the polished exactitude of New York design. Ultimately, no matter how luxurious a space may be, I want it to feel unassuming, sophisticated and useful. I want a client to be able to have guests over them to just think the client is terribly chic. If it’s just meant to be a beautiful unused room in a home, then ultimately didn’t I fail as a designer?