Born in Texas, Francisco lives and works in both New York City and San Francisco.

An architect by training, a graphic designer by profession, and an artist at heart, Francisco is inspired by many visual, cultural, and geographic perspectives.

His work makes use of clean design, bold color, and the "artist's sensibility," to catch the viewer's eye and make the viewer take notice.

With a no-nonsense, direct approach to graphic art, in which communicating an idea is essential, he gets the message across simply, elegantly, and powerfully.

Over the past 17 years, he has been creating solutions for clients such as the New York Times, Otto Tootsi Plohound, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Latino Commission on AIDS, the Crime Victims Treatment Center, the UN Intellectual History Project, the Ralph Bunche Institute, and the Empire State Pride Agenda.

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