Mya Agee

Mya graduated from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Interior Design. Before landing at D and E, Mya had interned for Level 5 Capital Partners as a Design Coordinator. She is a member of both the Young Designers Collective in Nashville and the International Interior Design Association, and her professional skills include Adobe Creative Cloud, Auto CAD, Revit, and sketching.

Mya has always been creative and loved art but knew that she didn’t want to be an artist. When she was young, her family had an interior decorator and from then on, she knew interior design was going to be her future career. She loved redesigning her doll houses and drawing floor plans with chalk in the driveway. However, once she witnessed her own space being redesigned, it clicked that her future was to be an interior designer.

Her education from Kent State has been monumental in shaping her career as a young designer in the industry. Her perspective on design and architecture evolved drastically over the course of four years and it set her up to look at the world through the lens of a designer. Mya keeps a list of what design is, and what it could be. The list inspires her to approach her design projects in new ways compared to the industry norms.

Some favorite aspects of her work include space planning because it is like a puzzle with many different solutions. She loves identifying problems and in turn, creating solutions to strengthen her projects. One thing she loves about D and E is that everyone is willing to be a teacher and share their knowledge; she says that she learns something new every day.

In general, Mya likes that the industry is always changing and evolving. New technology is constantly emerging, and it is fascinating for her to learn about the endless features and tools that are available to designers. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, spending time in nature, and refining her skills at the archery range.

“I know as a young designer I have the opportunity to shape my own career and the field of design to make it better than how I found it.”

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