Today Is Present
Today Is Present

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Cynthia Tuan is an accomplished, award winning art director. A graduate of Art Center College of Design, Cynthia went on to study at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst (University of Design and  Art) in Basel, Switzerland, where she received her master’s degree in fine arts.
 

She has been recognized with the Most Beautiful Swiss Books award has had works exhibited in Pasadena  Basel, Frankfurt, Lausanne, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Zurich.

Though Cynthia possesses her own distinct style, she believes the most impactful design is an extension of the subject matter itself, rather than the imposition of a singular visual approach across all projects.

Cynthia currently is a creative for hire and looking to nurture strong client partnerships. During her free time, she can be found climbing rocks and running over bridges.

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Yesterday is past. 
Today is present,
Create tomorrow,
by sharing your stories.

I am made from immigrants.

I am the great-granddaughter of a rickshaw driver and farmers.

I am from a storytelling nai-nai and my großvater a German-educated engineer.

I am from a pou-pou and wai-gong, the gentlest pair of husband-wife doctors you could ever imagine. He widowed her far too soon.

I am an alchemy of art and science, the daughter of a chemist/calligrapher ma-ma and a painter/architect/jack-of-all-trades ba-ba.

I am also a mother, girlfriend, sister, auntie, treehugger, rock climber, artist, voracious fiction reader, and high school art teacher.

As an arts educator, Cinti Tuan (she/her) builds classroom culture based on real-world connections, care, and giving students the agency to tell their own multi-faceted stories.

An accomplished, award-winning designer, I teach CTE Design Foundations and Foundations of Photography classes at McDaniel High School (9-12).

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