DESCRIPTION:

The Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants (ORI) is a state-funded organization that mainly serves the community of refugees and immigrants in terms of supporting and providing helpful resources ranging from "economic, social, and civic life
in Massachusetts." ORI has been a faithful Office delivering outstanding services to a diverse network of all newcomers whose common dream is to pursue a better life.
I'm grateful for my aptitude for this opportunity to work with ORI.

FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR NEWCOMERS PROGRAM (FLN):

The Financial Literacy for Newcomers (FLN) program is organized by ORI to help refugees and immigrants, who are new to the U.S. financial system in Massachusetts, learn about practical finance-related matters. This pro-bono project is a collaborative work that includes me as a graphic designer, a lecturer in English and Former University Editor at UMass Boston, and the Program Coordinator at ORI. The project process required multiple stages of research, revision, design thinking, and mindful editing. As for my design part, coming up with an engaging layout that would work consistently thorough the report was crucial. By working together weekly, a combination of images, text hierarchy, and graphic elements were nicely-created. Helvetica was the chosen font for readable ease, and an orange color scheme helped highlight the statistics and keywords. One of the challenges about the project was the photos' selection and quality shot that needed attentive modification to increase the relevance level with the main titles and the standard in quality. The work was delightful when our team effort paid off a great deal of helping ORI's FLN program get more funded at the end.