Starting next month (September), I will begin taking classes toward a Master of Fine Arts at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. This is something I have been wanting to do since I completed my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Memphis College of Art — and I feel that it is right at the best time for me.
I received advice from my Social Ethics/​Logic professor at MCA in 2006 (the year I graduated) to wait two years before beginning graduate school. She reasoned that I should be more mature and disciplined, and a lot more serious about what I wanted to do. This advice made sense to me, even back then, before I knew that I would be moving to California to work at Apple. Two years later, I not only discovered a fantastic school that offered the right kind of classes I wanted to take, but I also work at a company that supports furthering work-​​related education by assisting with financial reimbursement. It couldn’t be more right of a time. I’m very excited about this endeavor, and I look forward what I’ll learn and the projects I’ll create.
The next few years are going to be very, very busy for me… but it will all be worth it!
