Rapid Fire
What could you give a 10-minute talk on with zero prep?
D1 Football Recruiting Landscape.
What was your first job, and what’s the part you still remember?
Assistant Art Director at Houghton Mifflin, Co. I loved waxing repro and laying out pages perfectly square.
What did you want to be at 15, and how close did you get?
A creative business owner. YES! After about 20 years of working in various industries, I took the leap, got legally legit, and proud that my photography business is built almost entirely on word of mouth.
susan.snoonian@neiacademy.orgEDUCATION
B.F.A in Illustration and Photography, Rhode Island School of Design
M.F.A in Painting and Digital Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology
BACKGROUND
Ms.Susan Snoonian’s mission is to inspire students to find their unique voice through visual expression using modern and classical techniques and to develop a passion for creativity, self-discovery and confidence. After graduating from RISD and RIT, Susan worked in the exciting world of Advertising and Marketing as well as educational publishing. Throughout her work as a Graphic Designer and Art Director, she taught and mentored students of all ages from elementary through college. After having four children (with one set of twins), she started her own photography business focusing on all things people. When she’s not in the classroom or behind a camera, she loves to SCUBA dive and search for the perfect font with the most beautiful letter Q.