Alumni Profiles

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Alumni / Manuel Lima

"Parsons opened so many doors in my head," says Manuel Lima, an interaction designer,...

Rob Spalding Photo

Alumni / Rob Spalding

Internships were integral to your education. How did the Career Services Office help ...

Stefan Caiafa Photo

Alumni / Stefan Caiafa

“Travel is in my blood,” says Stefan Caiafa, who has visited more than 60 countries a...

Mark Salinas Photo

Alumni / Mark Salinas

Many creative people enjoy trying their hand at different media, but Mark Salinas is ...

Taylor Sanchez Photo

Alumni / Taylor Sanchez

The phone rings and a number from Europe appears. The computer hums as 56 new emails ...

Christina Nicodema Photo

Alumni / Christina Nicodema

"Kids are smart; you can challenge them visually," says Christina Nicodema, a recent ...

Prateek Sachdev Photo

Alumni / Prateek Sachdev

You've been associated with Versace for three years now. Can you describe your progre...

Janine MacMurray Photo

Alumni / Janine MacMurray

Janine MacMurray started her flourishing Manhattan-based company, AREA Interior Desig...

Haley Jane Samuelson Photo

Alumni / Haley Jane Samuelson

Haley Jane Samuelson has enjoyed the kind of postgraduate career that most photo stud...

Jay Godfrey Photo

Alumni / Jay Godfrey

“I had no training. I’d never sewn a garment in my life. I didn’t know how to draw. B...

Michael Hoefler Photo

Alumni / Michael Hoefler

Michael Hoefler's interests range from painting and illustration to sculpture and jew...

Nina Chanel Abney Photo

Alumni / Nina Chanel Abney

Nina Chanel Abney finds her swift success in the art world hard to believe. “My frien...

Yingyan Huang Photo

Alumni / Yingyan Huang

“I’m drawn to projects that involve education and learning,” says Yingyan Huang, who ...

Josh Welber  and Wade Tinney Photo

Alumni / Josh Welber and Wade Tinney

Josh Welber and Wade Tinney think that playing games makes people smarter. "We believ...

Mark Loeffler Photo

Alumni / Mark Loeffler

Mark Loeffler’s career as a lighting designer began in the 1970s, when he worked for ...

Brian Wood Photo

Alumni / Brian Wood

Illustration program graduate and comic book creator Brian Wood likens the increasing...

Peter de Sève Photo

Alumni / Peter de Sève

“I’m an old-fashioned illustrator,” says Parsons alumnus Peter de Sève, renowned illu...

Justin Shoji Photo

Alumni / Justin Shoji

For Justin Shoji, the Design and Management program was ideal, offering him “fluency ...

Hannes Steen Thornhammar Photo

Alumni / Hannes Steen Thornhammar

Management and collaboration are sometimes viewed as oxymorons, but for Design and Ma...

Leah King Photo

Alumni / Leah King

Along with her classmates in the Design Workshop at Parsons, Leah King brought the Ma...

Andrea Ruggiero Photo

Alumni / Andrea Ruggiero

“Interdisciplinary” may be a design school buzzword right now, but for product design...

Anne Norda Photo

Alumni / Anne Norda

When Anne Norda was a BFA Photography student at Parsons, she volunteered to take pho...

Aaron Lown Photo

Alumni / Aaron Lown

Love your stuff."That’s what people say about our products,” says Aaron Lown, BFA Pro...

Joel Schumacher Photo

Alumni / Joel Schumacher

Like good orchestra conductors, successful filmmakers understand the parts they're me...

Baris Gokturk Photo

Alumni / Baris Gokturk

A native of Turkey, alumnus Baris Gokturk describes his experience at Parsons as “cos...

Adam Tankell Photo

Alumni / Adam Tankell

"You may not notice every day how much of your surroundings is designed," explains Ad...

Andrew Mahon Photo

Alumni / Andrew Mahon

Andrew Mahon transferred to Parsons because he wanted a program that “combined techno...

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