Why This Site Exists

Learning in Practice is a living portfolio that documents the college-level learning I’ve developed through nearly two decades of professional work, creative practice, and self-directed study.

After stepping away from formal education years ago, my learning did not stop—it simply moved into studios, kitchens, production sets, client relationships, and long stretches of experimentation, failure, and refinement. Over time, I began to recognize that much of what I had learned mirrored the depth, rigor, and outcomes of undergraduate coursework, even though it occurred outside a classroom.

This site exists to make that learning visible, legible, and transferable.

Experience as a Site of Learning

I approach experience not as a substitute for education, but as a parallel learning environment—one where theory is encountered through practice, and understanding is earned through repetition, reflection, and consequence.

Across business, creative, and cultural work, I have developed competencies that include:

• Strategic thinking and decision-making

• Applied creative production

• Systems and workflow design

• Cultural analysis and storytelling

• Reflective and process-based learning

Rather than presenting a résumé or highlight reel, this site translates that experience into learning outcomes, narrative analysis, and evidence of mastery.

How to Read This Site

This portfolio is intentionally structured to support two audiences.

For General Readers

You’ll find narratives, selected works, and reflections that trace how my practice has evolved across disciplines such as business, photography, culinary arts, design, and fine art.

These sections are written in plain language and emphasize process, intention, and growth over credentials.

For Academic Review (PLA / Degree Evaluation)

Each competency page includes:

• Clearly articulated learning outcomes

• Formal learning narratives

• Evidence and annotated artifacts

• Reflection and critical analysis

• Academic alignment with typical undergraduate coursework

These sections are designed to support Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) or degree completion review, should they be submitted to an institution.

A Note on Credentials and Continuity

I began my academic journey years ago and completed a significant portion of a bachelor’s degree in business. Life, work, and opportunity eventually pulled my learning outside formal institutions.

This portfolio does not attempt to retroactively credential the past. Instead, it documents learning continuity—how knowledge accumulated, deepened, and integrated over time through real responsibility and sustained practice.

If this work eventually contributes toward completing a degree, that outcome will be welcome. If not, the portfolio still stands as a truthful account of how I’ve learned and why that learning matters.

Learning as Ongoing Practice

This site is not static.

Competencies will expand. Language will sharpen. Reflections will change as understanding deepens. Some conclusions may be revised or abandoned altogether.

That openness is intentional.

Learning, as I understand it, is not something completed and framed—it is something practiced.

Closing

Learning in Practice is an attempt to honor that reality:
to name what has been learned,
to reflect on how it was learned,
and to leave space for what has not yet been learned.