Jessica Pilar Rodríguez was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. After graduating high school, she moved to the United States to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. Upon completing her degree, she moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked as a senior designer at MFM Design for five years developing projects in print, exhibitions, web and interactive media. She holds a Master of Arts in Digital Arts and a Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. On a trip to Portugal in the summer of 2004, she was inspired by the ceramic tile patterns used in their Moorish-influenced architecture. The Jessica Pilar patterns may be used in the arenas of fashion, textiles, paper and interior design for homes, restaurants, corporations, and stores.  
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