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Donna M Sandsmark
M.S.

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Donna Sandsmark teaches Web Design I: Principles & Techniques, User Experience Design II and User Experience (UX) Portfolio for the User Experience (UX) Design certificate program. In addition, Donna teaches Visual Communications: Digital Illustration, Portfolio Development for the Graphic & Web Design Program, and the Graphic & Web Design Workshop for the Graphic & Web Design certificate program, along with the Front End Web Development Portfolio for the Front End Development certificate program.

Donna combines a background in engineering, programming and design to create a learning environment that covers all aspects of web design. A lead instructor in the Web Design and Interactive Media program at The Art Institute, Sandsmark also works as a freelance developer creating websites, content management systems and mobile apps for companies nationwide. Sansdmark received a bachelor's in engineering and management from Penn State University and a master's in computer science from University of Southern California.