My proflie project was done on Vicki Amon-Higa. I specifically chose her as we had worked closely together before, and she had made an impact in my life. She runs a program called Animal Assisted Happiness (AAH), a non-profit organization that uses farm animals as therapy for children with special needs. Her goal with Animal Assisted Happiness is to create one million smiles through private visits to the AAH ranch and visits to schools and other programs. She hopes to eventually expand nationwide and continue to spread joy through animals.
I created this magazine in InDesign. We were given a template and then told to choose a color scheme using either Adobe or the Pantone books. I ended up using Adobe to choose my color scheme and chose the final products based on the colors that were presented to me at the Animal Assisted Happiness farm. There was a learning curve for me, creating my own drop cap in Adobe Illustrator, especially since my profile started with an uncommon letter. However, I managed to make it work. Overall, my magazine came out very well, and I am honored to have it featured in the Freestyle magazine.
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Vick Amon-Higa lives in Los Altos Hills with her husband, Peter, and daughter Maya. She works full time during the week at Cisco but on the weekends she devotes her time to running Animal Assisted Happiness (AAH). Since founding AAH in 2009, she has expanded it from her backyard into a full-time facility located at Full Circle Farm in Sunnyvale.
Jon Coleman is a student at Mountain View High School. Diagonsed with autism at a young age, his mother brought him to Animal Assisted Happiness to see if the animals would help him. Now, six years later, he is a volunteer and paid worker at Animal Assisted Happiness.
Maya Higa is a student at Mountain View High School. She has been a part of Animal Assisted Happiness since her mother founded it in 2009. She has a passion for animals and helping others allowing her to play a key role in Animal Assisted Happiness.