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Jessica Sargent

Jessica Sargent

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Jessica's work combines: Art, Travel, and Being Creative

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Day In The Life

Illustrator

I draw pictures for a living.

Skills & Education

Here's the path I took:

  • High School

    Manteca High School

  • Bachelor's Degree

    Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator

    Academy of Art University

Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators:

High School

Bachelor's Degree: Medical Illustration/Medical Illustrator

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Life & Career Milestones

I've taken a lot of twists and turns

  • 1.

    Graduating from high school.

  • 2.

    Deciding what I wanted to do.

  • 3.

    Going to college.

  • 4.

    Finding things to do on the side to make income.

  • 5.

    Working.

Defining Moments

How I responded to discouragement

  • THE NOISE

    Messages from Myself:

    You will never be able to amount to anything.

  • How I responded:

    I let it go. I ignored myself and what was being negatively said to myself. I meditated a lot on this and remembered that it isn't true and is not the fact.