Teaching Interests
Featured scholarly/creative works
- Pena, K. (2025). Walking into Mindfulness: Using Communication Design to Connect Us to the Present. San Marcos, TX: Texas State University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10877/20773
- Walking Into Mindfulness: Using Design to Connect Us to the Present. Designing Deeper Connections: An MFA Thesis Exhibition. April 2025 - May 2025 Artists: 2 (Regional)
Featured awards
- Award / Honor Recipient: Circle of Achievement Outstanding Graduate Student, College of Fine Arts and Communication, Texas State University. April 2025
- Award / Honor Recipient: Graphic Design USA Students to Watch 2025, Graphic Design USA. February 2025
- Award / Honor Nominee: The Friends of Fine Arts Maude Ogle Scholarship, Texas State University. April 2024

Featured service activities
- Member
Communication Design Entrance Portfolio Review Committee
- Member
MFA Student Residency Committee
