Madeline Friedman '18 is a graphic designer at HUDSY TV.

At Purchase, Friedman received the Outstanding Senior Award for Graphic Design and participated in the Art in Vacant Places window display installation in White Plains, NY.

Niki Giokas '20 is a middleweight designer at BrandOpus, a global branding agency.

Giokas specializes in branding and product design, illustration, and motion graphics.

During the pandemic, Giokas found inspiration during the detachment and isolation of quarantine. She created a series of distinctive postcards to stay connected with others (samples below).

At Purchase, Giokas served as the creative director for the PSGA. 

Daniela Gomez Paz is a Caleña-US mixed media artist combining textile elements with painting and sculpture. She threads fibers as strands of information, exploring notions between the body, biology, nature, and femininity.

Gomez Paz is interested in deconstructing oversimplified relationships that define these notions by delving into a critical space that draws from her transcultural migratory experiences, working through the knots and layers within the nuances of language and cultural perspectives. Utilizing organic and synthetic material, Gomez Paz assembles broken and discarded objects, hoping to invite reflections of the self that are more tangled with the divergent, and interrelated across time and space. She coils the fantastical with the archival, suspending movement in place, capturing moments in flux—documenting the undocumented.

Born in Cali, Colombia, Gomez Paz earned two degrees from Purchase: a BFA in Painting and Drawing and a BA in Art History, before earning an MAT from Queens College, and an MFA from the Yale School of Art.

In 2013, Gomez Paz spent a semester in Siena, Italy in a Study in Painting at the Siena Art Institute, via Silvio Piccolomini 2.

Gomez Paz lives and works in Beacon, NY.

Excerpted from lylesandking.com.

Courtney "CB" Brown '16 is Creative Director at TGW Studio, a boutique creative studio and marketing agency in Rochester, NY, CB's hometown.

"TGW Studio is an LGBTQ+/non-binary/women-owned and -operated social impact marketing firm proudly creating and communicating purposeful experiences for businesses and organizations across sectors and society."

"With a minor in psychology and a love for research and analysis, CB brings a critical lens to TGW's design work, ensuring our creative output goes far beyond just 'looking nice.'"