ABOUT

Just a woman who has finally found her place as a creative in the world.

I’m Chloe and I am currently in senior year of my degree in Digital Media. I’ve always been a creative person which is why I refer to myself as such. I started school to become an elementary school teacher. I had gone through two internships, each while also working as a teacher at a private preschool and serving food on the weekends and I was… incredibly exhausted. Not just physically, but emotionally as well. I had dreamed for years of being a Kindergarten teacher. But I wasn’t feeling excited about my future anymore. In fact, I dreaded getting my degree in elementary education and the idea of feeling stuck in that career for the rest of my life. I started to ask myself “why?” Why did I want to become a teacher? Why did I all of a sudden feel unhappy and why did I feel stuck? I was exhausted and I realized that I wanted to become a teacher for all the wrong reasons. In addition to my love for children, the number one reason I wanted to become a teacher was because it would be a way to express and use my creative talents in a functional way.

Before deciding upon being a teacher, I had wanted to be an artist. I wanted to take photos and create beautiful pieces of art. But I had always been told that an art degree wouldn’t pay my bills, so I brushed off the idea of making art as my career and decided to become a teacher. I mean, sure I absolutely adored kids and loved teaching, but it just didn’t seem like the right fit for the rest of my working adult life. I came home one night and told my husband how exhausted and overwhelmed I was and that I couldn’t imagine choosing to teach as my lifelong career anymore. My husband was so supportive and was a voice of reason. He never made me feel bad for deciding to change paths after quite a bit of schooling. We started searching for career paths that I thought would fit in with my passions. But, after being stuck on the idea of becoming an elementary teacher for so long, I couldn’t think of anything that would make me happy or anything that I would be good at. I felt like I had lost my identity. I knew one thing for sure: I was/am creative. I still didn’t feel comfortable with the whole “starving artist” idea and I wanted to choose a career where I could help support my family. My husband is a software engineer, so he brought a different perspective that I had never considered: technology. We came across Digital Media. I did tons of research and I started to feel excitement for my future again. I had found a degree and career what would utilize my creative abilities in a functional way. I researched schools and applied. I found the perfect fit and started schooling for my bachelors degree in digital media as soon as possible. I’m now in my senior year of school and the more I learn, the more in love with digital media I fall. I have learned so many different aspects of digital media; my favorites being graphic design, photo editing, and abstract photography.

I am no longer just Chloe Kingdon. Even after working as a preschool teacher for the better half of a decade, I not Chloe Kingdon, teacher. I am Chloe Kingdon, creative.