Staff Spotlight
Lidia Vigyázó
H
i. My name is Lidia, and I am one
of two graphic designers/produc-
tion coordinators at the ASA. I am
originally from Budapest, Hungary, but
came to the United States eight years ago to
attend the University of Connecticut,
Storrs, and earn a BFA with a concentration
in graphic design. Daily, I use what I learned
there to communicate your and the ASA’s
messages to the world and to advance the
statistics profession. My job consists of
designing and producing Amstat News,
Lidia Vigyázó, ASA Production Coordinator/
CHANCE, STATS: The Magazine for
Graphic Designer
Students of Statistics, newsletters, and a wide
variety of marketing materials. I also do a lot of work on the materials distributed at the
Joint Statistical Meetings every year.
Design and communication have been a part of me for as long as I can remember. The
political climate in Hungary throughout my childhood and the strict religious dogma of
my family inspired me to embark on a quest for unbiased information. Despite the power-
ful influence of the American mass media and the unrelenting propaganda of the corporate
world, the United States still symbolizes freedom to me—a place where I can decide in
what to believe.
At the University of Connecticut, I was able to offer my artistic abilities to many causes
about which I feel passionate, including the Human Rights Institute and the UConn Free
Press. I also participated in the Publication Design Club and Arts Festival Club, where I
was able to further my skills in graphic design, photography, and public relations. I orga-
nized the annual Arts Fest in 2005 and 2006, which incorporated several departments and
more than 800 students and community members.
Now that I live in the Washington, DC, area, I volunteer for the Hungarian commu-
nity, including the Hungarian Embassy and the HungarianAmerica Foundation. I take
on different graphic design projects, moving them from the conceptual phase to the final
product. I am also a graduate student at the University of Baltimore in the integrated
design program. Eventually, I would like to teach part time while cultivating my artistic
talents on a more abstract/applied level, such as making a film or starting my own publica-
tion. Until then, I’ll be here to lend my artistic abilities to you and your causes. If there is
ever anything I can do, just email me at
lidia@amstat.org. n
Newest Issue of
CSBIGS Available
Case Studies in Business, Industry, and
Government Statistics, Volume 2(1), is
available at
www.bentley.edu/csbigs.
Potential authors are invited to submit
papers, with the next issue due to
appear in November 2008.
JULY 2008 AMSTAT NEWS 17
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