Since leaving her hometown in Central Pennsylvania in 2001, Ryan has lived a nomadic life residing across four different states. Along the way she has focused her energy on personal passions and design projects simultaneously. After completing her BFA in graphic design at SCAD, she is currently residing in the Indiana where she is studying to receive her MFA in Visual Communications Design at Purdue University. With the hope to make a positive contribution on the future of design, she hopes to educate the next generation of designers on social design and ways their creativity can be used to help others. Her fundamental goal is to help others through visual communication design and to produce positive change in the world through the power of design.