Monica Rief

Monica Rief has a diverse work experience in various roles and industries. Monica currently works at Hitachi Industrial Equipment & Solutions America, LLC as a Content Creator and Digital Marketer. In their previous role at their own company, Monica Rief Studio, they served as a Senior Illustrator, Digital Content Producer, and Graphic Designer, where they created original artwork, prepared files for printing, and exported images for social media and websites. Monica also worked at CreativeMornings as an Art Curator/Director, Illustrator, and Community Coordinator, where they curated monthly global art themes, hired illustrators, and managed art projects. Additionally, Monica worked as a Freelance Illustrator at Quixote Studios, designing company mascots, creating vector illustrations, and designing posters. Monica also worked as a Graphic Designer at Be Yoga, where they designed promotional posters. In the medical field, Monica served as a Medical Interpreter at Fluent Language Solutions, Inc, providing interpretation services for hospitals, clinics, and courts. Monica also worked as an Interpreter at Language Resource Center - LRC, MTI America, Communication Access Partners, and Niki's Int'l Ltd., providing interpretation services in Spanish and Portuguese for various medical settings.

Monica Rief earned their MFA degree in Video, Sound, and Performance from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where they studied from 2001 to 2004. Prior to that, they obtained a Bachelor's Degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where their first major was Sculpture, their second major was Spanish, and they had a minor in Psychology. Monica also holds a certification in Medical Interpreter Training Level One, which they obtained from the Language Resource Center (LRC) in December 2014.