Over the past couple years I created several editorial illustrations for articles published by The Blend US, all written by professionals in the hospitality industry on a wide breadth of topics ranging from bar tool selection and underrated ingredients, to pay transparency and workplace harassment. Here are a few of them. A particular challenge with many of these is they were developed concurrently with the articles, with focus often changing throughout necessitating rapid turnarounds. Additionally, the client often required photography to be included of the writers who did not have professional headshots.

This article, written by Boston bartender and Twitch Streamer, examined the comradery and connection facilitated by online gaming spaces for many people working in hospitality, and the overlap of the those two spheres.

This article was written for the "Wax Poetic" series, where hospitality professionals talk about drinks, ingredients, locations or objects that were indispensable or beloved in their careers. It is a love letter to the bygone era of payphone communication.

This article discusses how much hospitality professionals, especially through the lens of self-employed women of color, should charge for creating cocktails, speaking and educating, or bartending for events.

This article dives into the stories we don't talk about when we commodify cocktail culture through the silver screen.

This last article was written to detail the work of a hospitality addiction support group that meets virtually. All of the above can be found on the Blend's website (US and global)