Visual + Graphic Design
Application (Freelance)
Ger-Nis Culinary & Herb Center
technical skills︎remote collaboration
︎Adobe CS [Ps, Ai, Id, Ae]
︎figma
languages
︎English [native]
︎Spanish [intermediate]
︎Arabic [beginner]
about me
I’m a Puerto Rican designer, artist, land worker, and herbalist specialized in audio, visual, and spatial design. My passion lies in conscious co-creation across many forms of art, culture, and ecology where I can enhance projects with a sensitive ability to listen to the needs of a particular project, and bring forth unique and distinctive style elements to convey the right message. I’m endlessly inspired by plants and natural systems, and how they offer us generative ways to create, live with integrity, and practice reciprocity.
education
2015 - 2017
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Cambridge, MA
︎MS Art, Culture, & Technology_4.9 GPA
︎Media Arts & Sciences_School of Architecture + Planning
︎[Department of Architecture, 2-Year Full Graduate Fellowship]
︎MS Art, Culture, & Technology_4.9 GPA
︎Media Arts & Sciences_School of Architecture + Planning
︎[Department of Architecture, 2-Year Full Graduate Fellowship]
2007 - 2011
Kent State University | Kent, OH
︎BS Architecture + Environmental Design
relevant experience
2011 - ongoing
Creative Director, Founder | Proxemia Sound, NY
︎Freelance design across architecture, visual, audio for podcasts and films, workshops for youth, and land justice initiatives
︎Freelance design across architecture, visual, audio for podcasts and films, workshops for youth, and land justice initiatives
2023 - 2025
Land Justice Organizer | Liberation Ecosystem, VT
︎Led event production, storytelling and design projects, farm skill workshops, and supported land justice initiatives
2021 - 2023
Farm Crew | Wildstone Organic Farm, VT︎worked closely with farm owners across 7 acres with growing, prepping beds, working in green houses, harvesting, and supporting CSA and markets
2015 - 2020
Graphic Designer, Event Producer | NonEvent Music Series, Boston, MA
︎Created event flyers for concerts and events, for print and digital in multiple format
︎Created event flyers for concerts and events, for print and digital in multiple format
2016 - 2017
Teaching Fellow | Harvard University & MIT, Cambridge, MASonic Ethnography / Experimental Sound Creations
︎Led design, project documentation, and technical/creative workshops
︎Led design, project documentation, and technical/creative workshops
visual + graphic design portfolio
josé alejandro rivera
2026
brand identity
tunnel city coffee
2026
2026
web + course design
web + course design
here, there diaspora garden
2023 -
2023 -
cd packaging + print
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visual art
