About Dustin

I grew up in small town in Utah. After graduating high school, I went off to college at Brigham Young University – Idaho. There I studied Web Design, Graphic Design, Photography, and Public Relations. I loved combining the techical with the creative to really expand my skill set. A skillset that landed me my first job right out of college working for a photography blog that allowed me to fill several rolls. I was a photographer, instructor, and WordPress guru. It was awesome! Then I was laid off after a year.

From there, I moved onto a blueprint shop that hired me to manage their website and take care of all things digital and creative. This job was much less awesome compared to my last one, but it was a paycheck. I was laid off after 2 years of working there. After being unemployed for a few months and nothing working out, the decision was made to move to Utah for more and better opportunities. I loved Boise, and a piece of my heart will always be there, but all signs seemed to point south.

After a few months in Utah, I accepted a job offer at a software company on their customer support team doing Front-end web design work. This was a good job to have and what I needed at the time. After a year and a half… I quit. It was my first time being able to walk away on my own, rather than being asked to walk away. 

In the midst of being let go twice, moving to a different state, having gone from making $48,000/year to $33,000/year to $348/week… I managed to pay off $50,000 worth of student debt.

From where I’m at today… looking back… it has been one of the craziest rides of my life! I could not be more humbled by the countless tender mercies, a loving family, and supportive friends that made putting one foot in front of the other at all possible.