“When I came to New York ten years ago I couldn’t find anybody blacks in the commercial art field. Finally, after I found a job on my own, I did start to encounter black people. But in the course of trying to develop my talent I discovered that if I went to them for some direction, they just wouldn’t give it. “
“Nobody wanted to take the time to show or tell me anything. I vowed then that if I made it, I would never turn my back on any black person who came to me for advice and who really wanted to learn.”
She understood the design field not only as a Black person, but also as a woman. She went on to navigate the field of design as a seasoned professional. And became successful in her field and went on to live up to her word of sharing what she knew in the field of education.
She went on to teach design at New York City College of Technology. Professor Dorothy Hayes, the department’s first full-time Black professor in the design program at City Tech.
