After counselling her high school art students in career options for six years, she decided she wanted to become a graphic designer. Cynthia brings her natural communications skills as a teacher and her twenty years of experience as a graphic designer to her work. While training as a secondary teacher at the University of Regina, she became highly skilled in creating processes, analyzing, paraphrasing and prioritizing information. Her years at Emily Carr College of Art and Design laid a strong foundation for visual problem solving and a discerning eye for typography. After graduating from Emily Carr, she worked with Zacharko Design Partnership out of Vancouver where she gained experience in the design process with a strong emphasis on typography.