Teresa Valero

Biography

Teresa Valero is Co-founder and Creative Director of Third Floor Design (1992), a student-run design studio that provides high-quality design services for nonprofit organizations in Tulsa and surrounding areas. She is interested in community work and how the upcoming designer, what Steven Heller calls, the "Citizen Designer". One that is aware of local needs, global trends and sustainability of design. In addition to her teaching duties, she works as a documentary photographer and graphic designer, winning many awards in advertising and design some include the Tulsa Addy Awards, Graphex, and Creativity Today. Valero's photographs have been exhibited in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arizona, Texas, Georgia and Arkansas; overseas her work has been seen in Venezuela, Spain, Lebanon, Syria and Canada.

Research Interest

Graphic Design,  Typography,  Package Design,  Identity Branding,  Photography,  Visual Design,  Community Engagement, and  Service Learning