The answer is already there. Britta finds it by looking closer.
Her instincts showed up early, when her dad handed her a computer and a stack of programming books. She taught herself to build websites and by the time she was in middle school, her celebrity fan site had gained enough of a following and reputation as the go to destination for rare remixes and photos to be featured on MTV Europe. That curiosity never slowed down. A few years later, she became one of the original ten lifecasters on Justin.tv (covered in a nationally syndicated article that ran in over 30 papers).
Then, at 19, an illness took most of her vision. Like most people with their senses, she had taken it for granted. Losing it taught her she had something worth losing. The recovery was rare and unexpected, and essentially changed how she approached everything that followed. While living in San Francisco, she took the leap and began her design education at Academy of Art University, then continued at Full Sail University in Orlando. From there, she worked live broadcast environments at WWE as a Decko operator and vignette truss builder. That led to a role as lead track graphic artist at Daytona Intl. Speedway.
Then, came the moment that redirected everything: In the late stages of her pregnancy, small child in tow, Britta was stalked and nearly abducted in broad daylight.
She noticed him before anyone else did. She calculated how many steps behind them he was, formulated a plan, and escaped with no seconds left to spare. It was her training in Krav Maga and her own situational awareness that kept them alive.
In the aftermath, she did what she has always done. She investigated by pulling the thread: seeking to gain dimension on what made them a target. What she found was a market: what children sell for, what a pregnant woman is worth. The curiosity and marketing experience that had once built fan sites and designed collateral for racetracks was now pointed something much deeper and much more sinister.
Around the same time, an autosomal DNA test revealed her as an NPE, which cued her to take a deeper look at her entire family history, because the truth was what she was after. Tracing her lineage uncovered connections to several well-documented Revolutionary War patriots whose records were on file, but whose link to her had never been established. She found it and proved it. That research earned her entry into the Daughters of the American Revolution, where she rose to Chapter Regent within her first five years, a pace almost unheard of in the organization.
She spent years developing brands for small businesses and organizations, but the abduction had already set a different course. She became an OSINT analyst for a notable non-profit focused on combating human trafficking, and began pursuing a master's degree in Criminal Justice. Wanting a more direct path, she entered law enforcement training. Physical setbacks during the academy redirected the course, but not the mission, and not the skill set she had already built.
Investigating, digging, exploring, analyzing: every thread of her life has required the same thing. The way she traces a family line, the way she walks through a building everyone else has declared empty of meaning, is exactly the way you find the people who exploit children in digital spaces. Most people can see. Britta knows how to look. The purpose is fixed. The path is still being written.
Southern New Hampshire University · Manchester, New Hampshire
Master of Science, Criminal Justice · In Progress
Honors
Full Sail University · Winter Park, Florida
Bachelor of Science, Digital Art & Design · 3.8+ GPA
Advanced Achievement AwardAlumni
Academy of Art University · San Francisco, California
Traditional Graphic Design
Design
Brand Development
98%
Print Design
95%
Editorial Layout
90%
UI / Web Design
97%
Photo Restoration
85%
Motion Graphics
80%
Cybersecurity
OSINT / Intelligence
91%
Digital Forensics
42%
Data Analysis
97%
Incident Response
62%
Network Security
72%
Coding
HTML / CSS
97%
Python
60%
JavaScript
90%
Shell Scripting
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Generative AI
93%
Experience
Academy Recruit
Fairfax County Government
Nov 2025 – Jan 2026 · Full-time · Chantilly, VA
Police Recruit
Nov 2025 – Jan 2026 · Full-time
Attended FCCJA for Session 91. Served as Recruit Squad Leader for Squad #10, managing peer accountability across high-demand academic, physical, and tactical training.
Genealogy Education Program I & II · Awarded for Dedication to Continued Learning
Chapter OfficerAward RecipientGenealogist
Boone Society
2020 – Present
A historical and genealogical society dedicated to researching and preserving the legacy of frontiersman Daniel Boone, his family, and the broader pioneer era. Members contribute to scholarly archives, publications, and collaborative research on early American frontier history.
Contributing Author
Full Sail Digital Arts & Design Association
2014 – Present
Graphic Artists Guild · AIGA Member
2017–2018 · 2013–2019
Exhibition & Media Highlights
Laundromat Art Space, CPCH
Miami, FL — 2022
BookBound: The Art of Printmaking
Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL — 2022
Killer Dentist Presents: CPCH Shorts
Spectacle, New York, NY — 2022
Undercurrents: The Flood
Crisp Ellert Art Museum, St. Augustine, FL — 2022
Solo Exhibition, CPCH Staging Area
Laundromat Art Space, Miami, FL — 2022
2020 Florida Biennial, CPCH
Culture & Arts Center, Hollywood, FL — Nov 2020–Feb 2021
Staging Area (Solo Exhibition)
Pancake House, CPCH, Minneapolis, MN — 2021
Interstice, The Residency Project/MOTOR
CPCH, Los Angeles, CA — 2021
LKTV, LinkoKino, CPCH
Philadelphia, PA — 2021
Under Pressure, Co-Opt Research + Projects
CPCH, Lubbock, TX — 2021
Orlando Weekly — Body of Evidence
Orlando, FL — 2021
Zosima Gallery, CPCH: Vexillology
Arlington, TX — Apr–May 2018
CityArts Factory — "We Too: Reclaiming the Feminine"
