I most recently worked at Glu, on Britney Spears: American Dream and Nicki Minaj: The Empire. I graduated from the Bachelor's of Art in Game Design program at DigiPen Institute of Technology in April 2014.

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For most of my life, I lived in New Hampshire. It wasn't until I graduated from high school in 2008 that I even really considered moving elsewhere. I had been accepted to Drexel University as a Fashion Design & Merchandising major. Being in that major taught me a lot about trends in design, marketing, and buyers in general. I attended Drexel for two years and had a great time there, but I realized that my heart wasn't in fashion, or even merchandising, towards the end of my first year. That was when I really got interested in games.​​

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​Never before had I thought about a career in games. Maybe it was because I was a girl, maybe it wasn't. Either way, I was convinced to apply to DigiPen. I was accepted and moved out to Washington. At DigiPen, I found my passion for game design and let that passion guide me.

Nicole Maiorano