For this project, we were to make a five page magazine on someone we found interesting. We'd need a researchable issue to incorproate with the magazine and design elements. We also created a presentation to cover our subject and our experience at Freestyle. Then we created a photogallery to capture our subject in action.

Mark Roberts is an eye surgeon that came from the Phillipines. Currently, he treats glaucomma and cataracts.

He was adopted by a missionary family and then arrived to the USA. He moved from Michigan to Kansas, where he majored in general nursing and got an agency connection to Stanford for anestetics. He also went with a medical group to help people in the Phillipines.

I was surprised that I actually took on a medical issue. I never saw myself covering anything medical since I get queasy quite easily. However, my pastor suggested Mark Roberts as my profile subject because of his story. I took into consideration whether or not I could handle talking about eye surgery and it didn't seem to be a problem.

It was exciting and intriging to walk through the operating room. I had to wear a srub, slippers, and a head covering to enter the operating room. Mark showed me each part of equipment and told me what each was for. I actually saw what they used for each part of the procedure. It surprised me because the operating room wasn't as scary as I thought. It was very open and roomy.

In addition to creating the magazine, photogallery, and presentation, we had to make a 30 second commercial that summarized why our subject was important in Aftereffects.

We wrote a magazine article about our profile subject. I interviewed Mark Roberts, an eye surgeon whom was adopted by a pastor missionary in the Phillipines. He traveled the world with his adoptive family to Germany, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and all over the world. He has two brothers and sisters. After a bit of missionary work, they moved to Michigan. Mark transitioned from being homeschooled to going to a public school there. He moved again to Kansas, where he lived for 20 years. He changed his major three times and then majored in general nursing. Through agency connection, he got to work at Stanford.Then he decided to to specialize in eye surgery.

I wanted to keep the magaine as sharp as possible. I chose a turquoise color to go with the scrub Mark was wearing. I used photos from the church because he cleans up the sanctuary and was a pastor's kid. I also put in photos of him biking because he's athletic. He bikes, surfs, weightlifts, and runs recreationally.

I took photos of Mark Roberts in his 'team member' workplace, operating rooms, the church, and him biking. Mark is athletic and surfs, hikes, and weightlifts in his free time. He cleans the sanctuary for altar guild and is in the process to adopt a child.

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Stopping at Steven’s Creek Trail.

In Design, I created a presentation that covered a quick summary of Mark Roberts and the rest of my projects at Freestyle. I talked about the Mark’s path to eye surgery, medical experience, what I’ve learned as a collective, challenges I faced, becoming comfortable in this highly technological environment, and working digitally. We all used the photos from this project throughout the presentation. I used a scrub design as my background. To enter the operating room, I was required to put on a scrub, sneakers, and a head covering. I just cropped the scrub because it went with the color scheme I chose for Mark.

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