PULSE was an essential part of my daily life at Central Washington University, serving as Creative Director for a year taught me new ways of leadership and organization as a graphic designer. 

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I have found my true calling in print publication because of PULSE. 

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At the end of the academic year in 2025, PULSE was faced with a defunding crisis due to poor budgeting allocations. My colleagues and I fought to save the publication and made progress for future CWU Wildcats. My team and I curated a fundraising event at Old Skools in Ellensburg, WA. We called it PULSE Palooza.

Through this hard time in journalism being silenced across the country, even on a college campus level. My team and I pushed through the adversity and fought for what was right. We partnered with The Observer, our campus newspaper, and organized a protests against the defunding and silencing of journalism. I had the honor of featuring this story through design in PULSE's Spring 2025 Issue (pg. 38). 

I am proud to have worked so closely with so many journalists and hope to continue my pathway in life in print publication and fighting for what's right. 

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Special thanks to our faculty advisor Jennifer Green and my wonderful team:

Caleb Cleland

Katrina Nolan

Gunner Stuns 

Keaton Weyers

Tyler Diltz

Brian Valencia