Alexa Suess
Follow messageGreenport High School Class of 2012
GREENPORT, NY
Hello, world. My name is Alexa Suess. I'm a high honor student, a filmmaker, an activist, a mentor, a photographer and a New Yorker. I am a very creative person, actively working and interning in graphic design. Otherwise, one can always see me with a book or The New York Times. I love philosophy and thought and will stop at nothing to learn everything I can.
Extracurricular
- Jewelry Design and Sales
- I started at age 10, when it was enough for me to just be able to put my new-found hobby to work by selling jewelry in a small salon. It grew and grew and before I knew it, I was designing my own website and selling internationally. It is an extremely rew
- School Band
- I have actively played in my high school band, participating in numerous local parades, sports events, and concerts. I have also won various medals for NYSSMA (New York State School Music Association) annual judgings.
- School Newspaper - Reporter, Layout Designer, and Photo Manager
- I started journalism earlier this year because I had always loved to write. I would never think that merely months later, I would be re-designing the entire layout on my own. I am currently writing, taking pictures, editing those pictures, and then creati
- Gay-Straight Alliance
- Co-Founded the only local Gay Straight Alliance in history. I was Secretary in 2008 and Vice President 2009-Current.
- Filmmaking
- General Filmmaking - Participated in the making of over fifteen films and participated in three local film festivals.
- General Photography
- I was introduced to photography when I was 7. My mother bought disposable cameras and gave them to me as gifts. I would shoot away and then come to realize that when I developed them, most would come out blurry. Not being discouraged, I continued to shoot
- Web Design
- I have designed various websites for a few local clients.
- Audio Engineer
- I have been the official volunteer technical director my my entire school district for the past three years. This means I fully run the orchestration of lighting, sound, and stage management. I have run sound for 6 full length plays, about 14 concerts, a
- Teacher/Mentor
- Teacher/Mentor for younger students participating in the East End Student Film Project. I co-organized the fourth annual East End Student Film Festival. I am also currently single-handedly running and maintaining the EESFP website.
- Knitted Scarves for the Homeless
- Independently knitted fifty scarves to be donated to a local charity for the homeless.
Experience
- Goldsmith's Employee
- Goldsmith's Electronics
- 2008 to 2010
- Engineer Assistant
- Radio Greenport
- 2007 to 2008
- Installation of Marine Electronics and Various Electronics Systems
- Soundwave Jewelry Designer/Owner
- Soundwave Jewelry
- 2007 to 2010
- Self-run small but profitable homemade jewelry business run via the internet and on site stores.
- Intern/Designer
- Syron Design
- 2010 to
- Assisting in graphic design projects for major clients such as Stonybrook Medical, Nextel Communications, and the Wall Street Journal.
Education
- High School
- Greenport High School
Honors & Awards
1464 1470 East End Film Festival
National Honor Society of Scholars
National Honor Society of Scholars
Specialties & Skills
Graphic Design (Specialty in typography)
Drawing
Music (Flute, Irish Flute, Guitar, Ukulele)
Drawing
Music (Flute, Irish Flute, Guitar, Ukulele)
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
August 25, 2011
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Gender:
Female
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Birthday:
May 5
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Religious:
Atheist
Background
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Ethnicity:
Caucasian or White
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Heritage:
German // Italian // Swiss
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Fluent Language:
English
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First Gen Student:
Yes
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Hometown:
GREENPORT
Interests
- 3-D Design
- Animation
- Apparel & Textiles
- Architecture
- Art
- Art Direction
- Board, Card, Role-Playing Games
- Ceramics
- Crafts
- Design
- Digital Arts
- Drawing
- Fashion Design
- Fine Arts
- Game & Interactive Media Design
- Graphic Design
- Visual Arts & Design
- Illustration
- Industrial & Product Design
- Interior Design
- Multimedia
- Painting
- Photography
- Sculpture
Favorites
- Movies:
Inception, Casablanca, Taking Woodstock, Sideways, The Man Who Cried, A Beautiful Mind, Sherlock Holmes
- TV Shows:
House, Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, Arrested Development
- Music:
Jazz and Folk
- Websites:
Etsy, Flickr, Tumblr
- Quotes:
"The key to art is not being 'good' but sucking boldly and honestly." - Ian Wile
"We are the products of a billion year lineage of wondering stardust. We, all of us, are what happens when a primordial mixture of hydrogen and helium evolves for so long that it begins to ask where it came from." - Unknown
"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (The Hound of Baskervilles) - Books:
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of the Independent Film by Peter Biskind, All of Sir Arthus Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes series...
