Chaz Bottoms (BFA Animation ‘17) is a director, animator, writer and owner of CBA Studios, a boutique animation studio based in Los Angeles that strives to represent diversity on screen and behind the scenes. Chaz has collaborated and produced content for Springhill, Adult Swim, Steve Harvey Global, Bleacher Report, John Legend, Samantha Bee, Sony Music, Columbia Records, Atlantic Records, and Snapchat. Chaz’s next short film, BATTU: An Animated Musical is coming in 2021. He is currently a character designer for Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Chaz is repped by Blue Key Management & ICM Partners.

Erica M. Debelak (BS Information Technology ‘21, MS Information Systems ‘22) is working toward bridging the gap between innovation, design, and development. She is constantly constructing new application ideas and trying to find the latest and greatest new thing. Erica landed an internship from one of DePaul’s Career Fairs and has had the opportunity to explore a variety of aspects within IT, whether it be automation, cybersecurity, business processes, and enterprise architecture. As graduation is approaching, she aspires to be a Product Manager. Beyond pursuing the combined degree program, she hopes to continue working towards modernizing technology infrastructure within the financial market with eventually getting her MBA.

Will Wright (BFA Graphic Design ‘19) is a Designer at Foxtrot, “the digitally native evolution of the corner store” that offers a curated collection of essentials both in-store and delivered. While studying at DePaul, he was active in our AIGA chapter, serving as co-president during his senior year. Will received AIGA Chicago’s M.A.D. Award in 2019. That same year, one of Will’s class projects was selected as one of the best examples of typographic design by the Society of Typographic Arts STA 100, and his design fiction class project was featured at Typeforce 11.