Hector M Padilla (BA ‘14) is a Puerto Rican, queer, Chicago-based artist. Hector started his freelance career in the middle of his senior year as an animation major. In 2016, he began working for Jackbox Games—an online party game hub that has become the “go to” for virtual friend and family game nights during the pandemic--as an animator. Hector has since been promoted to Lead Artist, where he's been an art director for games like Fibbage 3, Mad Verse City, and Role Models.

Mark Nauta (MS ' 13) graduated from CDM with a master's in game development. Shortly after, he joined Firaxis Games and worked on XCOM2 and its expansion War of the Chosen as a Designer/Gameplay Programmer. Most recently, Mark was the Lead Designer on XCOM: Chimera Squad, a standalone game in the XCOM universe, which was released in April.

Julia Vo (BA ’14) is a product designer with 8 years of experience at companies such as Crate & Barrel, Orbitz, Paychex, and Paylocity. She received her degrees in Interactive Media (now called User Experience Design) and Public Relations & Advertising. Julia has designed various client facing products, design systems, and internal tools. As an advocate for user research and user centered designs, Julia has a passion for mentoring those looking to break into user experience.