Carol Marshell

Designing has always been a passion of mine, it just took me a few years to see that my passion could turn into a career path. I remember working at FDI Collateral Management as a Research Agent in 2008, and I was apart of the morale team. In our morale team there was a woman, who was in charge of Marketing for the company, she designed all the graphics that had anything to do with the company. At that time I had no idea, that something I loved doing could be a career until that day, and I immediately decided to pursue my education in what I was passionate about.

Since that day I decided to pursue what I was passionate about, versus what made me money. I currently design graphics for many small businesses at a creative firm based out in Midtown Sacramento. I also conduct market research, maintain our client's social media accounts, and check for growth. I have some experience in creating social media content and creating campaigns. I hope to pursue a career in the field of social media marketing and advertising, doing what I love.

My love for writing, design, and fashion began with my first computer when I was 12 years old. Writing was a way to express myself, I always felt the need to write about my feelings and it began when I started writing my own songs. However, when I found out I got blessed with my mother's genes of not having great vocal cords, I began writing online. It started with Live Journal, in 2000 then began using Expage to create my first website, GeoCities, and then my own website, Boi-nk.net, if you ever heard of it. I felt that if I was gonna have my own website, then I needed to represent my personality, so I designed how I was feeling at the time. Designing was a way to visually express myself.

That year I also discovered my passion for fashion, it wasn't like most girls who had Barbies, it was more of me being on The Palace, a visual chatroom, and playing with avatars. I never had a Barbie growing up, my Dad didn't endorse it, being fashionable when buying from K-Mart wasn't as easy as it is today, and I would rather spend $20 on Pokemon cards, then new clothes at the time. However when I did get my hands on some money I walked right into Bebe, Limited TOO!, and Abercrombie for my purchases at 7th grade. So I was fly before I even knew I was fly.

My love for fashion, and anything visually appealing is what makes me unique. It makes me a great designer, and it makes always seek improvement. I l