As an undergraduate I spent more than five years studying bioengineering, which has a large influence on my artwork. During my time as a bioengineer I illustrated and designed a bioengineering textbook that is now the required text for bioengineering classes at Stanford, Berkeley, and U.C. Davis, to name a few. The world of science intrigued me very much but I was disenchanted by the compartmentalization of the field and how little there was in the way of freedom to choose the ideas that I wanted to explore. Instead, most of the research went toward developments dictated by modern culture such as obesity and sexual prowess; subjects I was not necessarily excited to research. I came to the conclusion that art would be a better venue to thoroughly explore the science that intrigued me and bring it into a different light.