Favorite Typeface: Spalla
Favorite Software: Adobe Illustrator
Dream Job: Creative Director for Smith & Diction
Peyton is a Graphic Designer based in Augusta, Georgia, who will be graduating in May 2026 with a BSD in Graphic Design. Her passions center in branding and identity design, but she can also be found dabbling in packaging design, illustrative design for print, and 2D animation. She has experience in collaborative leadership and data analysis, as well as SEO and CRO in startup websites.
In her spare time, she is an avid reader, comic artist, and lover of plants. If she wasn’t joining the design world, she would be a voice actor, graphic novelist, botanist, and still have enough time to enjoy a drink at her favorite coffee shop.
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Book Banning
The Censorship of Queer Literature
Book banning has skyrocketed over the past five years, and no group is more affected by this than the authors and readers of Queer literature. With increased political pressure from local governments, collections of these books have been unfairly challenged by those in power. More than 22,000 books have been challenged or outright banned across the United States, threatening the freedoms of writers and readers throughout the country.
The removal of these books is a direct threat to self-expression and an active erasure of generations of literary contributions. These books are not just stories to the young people of our day and age – they are a lifeline to stories that allow them to feel heard, understood, and represented.
View senior book here.