Kevin Coochwytewa is a freelance designer based in Seattle. His career includes more than 15 years in full-time senior creative roles for companies in the arts, publishing, nonprofit, and advertising industries, including Native Peoples Magazine, the Heard Museum, and retail company Eighth Generation. He holds a BFA in studio art/visual communication from the University of Arizona. Kevin acknowledges his Indigenous Isleta Pueblo and Hopi heritage with igniting the spark of a lifelong appreciation for art and design. Being born into vibrant traditional cultures with strong and important connections to the land and community has shaped his thought processes, enriched client relationships, and influenced the methods, execution, and aesthetic of his designs.