Hello!
My name is Tery. That’s me above in Beijing, China, in 2019.
For many years, this website served as a portfolio site for my photography, while I freelanced documenting live music, weddings, and portraits. As a dreamer and optimist at heart, photography has been my tool of choice, as it feeds my soul and allows me access to human connections that we would not otherwise experience. Like witnessing the many expressions on the face of a man as he watches the woman he is going to marry walk down the aisle. The way he holds back his tears and tries to hide his nerves. Or, sharing a few hours with a couple in love and being invited to experience and capture an intimate moment when they embrace, or as they whisper in each others ears…
These days, however, I mostly shoot while on my travels and occasionally on a night full of stars—check out my Travel Journal page. For this reason, this site has been redesign to serve as my professional portfolio which includes insight into my unicorn-like skillsets.
Please look around, get to know me, and if you want to learn more—drop me a line here.
With great appreciation,
-T
Professional background
I am a strategic and visual communications professional working in the non-profit and education sector.
Educational Background
If it were possible to obtain a Jedi master degree please SIGN ME UP! Until then, I like to believe that I hold an equivalent level of education having learned from some of the best professors and mentors.
Master of Communication Management from USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (Go Trojans!).
Toolkit: Strategic Communication, Consulting, Marketing Research, Marketing + Branding
Bachelor of Arts in Communications, with a concentration in Photo Communications + Sociology from California State University, Fullerton (Go Titans!).
Toolkit: Intercultural Communication, Communication Law, Social Research Methods, Creative Media + Web Design (hello CSS), Analog + Digital Photography, Studio + Portrait Photography, and Journalism + Photojournalism
Professional Organization(S)
International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), Los Angeles Chapter, Board Member | Vice President, Networking (Sept. 2018-Dec. 2019)
As the VP of Networking, I serve the communications board by helping plan the highest caliber of educational and professional programming which include coffee connections, professional development workshops, networking mixers, book exchanges, and case-study panels across Los Angeles County.
Additional hats include: contributing photographer, graphic designer, and website master.