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cover and opening pages. She was also responsible for creating a comic strip feature.


At first, Estela felt like she was the “least qualified” to take on the comic strip assignment. She says that she had never tried her hand at an assignment quite like it. But with nudging from Campbell, she took it on.


Her feature “Hubble the Duck” illustrates the story of a duck who dreams of becoming an astronaut someday — even though his friends laugh at the idea. After working hard to earn his college degree, he goes on to fulfill his dream of traveling to space with NASA.


For Estela, the ultimate dream is to lead a team of creatives who partner with ministries to communicate the gospel in a clear way that makes others “stop and listen.” And bits and pieces of that dream are already unfolding for her.


Since graduating in Spring 2019, Estela’s landed a position at First Baptist North Spartanburg as a social media coordinator. She’s also continued running her own business, Estela Graphics. Her client list so far has included Gospel Trough Music Ministries and NGU, to name a few. During her junior year, Estela interned with NGU’s Marketing and Communications Office, creating graphic designs featured on the university’s social media channels.


In 2019, Madi Estela (’19) placed in a national competition for her graphic design work in North Greenville University’s student-run magazine.


Estela first dabbled in creative projects as a teenager, when she joined her high school’s literary magazine. Even though classmates made her feel like “it wasn’t cool” to be part of that publication, she didn’t care, because even back then, she knew exactly what she wanted to do when she grew up: pursue a career in graphic design.


Once at NGU, Estela chose to major in interdisci- plinary studies, with components in business and digital media. As a junior, she began contributing to the Vision Online, the online component of student media on NGU’s campus. In Estela’s senior year, “Te Vision Magazine” adviser, Karyn Campbell, came to her personally and asked her to join the magazine staff, as well.


“I could tell that she had exceptional talent from her work in my Graphics Design II class, and I thought the magazine would be a perfect outlet for her,” Campbell explains.


Estela served as a graphic designer for the Spring 2019 issue of “Te Vision Magazine,” designing the issue’s


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“My story still has a long way to go before I reach the stars,” says Estela. “But since the Lord’s done it before, I feel like all these things will continue to fall into place. One day, the big dream will become a reality, and I’ll see how these little detours were all building skills for that calling that I have.”


Her detour to space with “Hubble the Duck” gained national recognition in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s 2019 Gold Circle Awards, a competition that drew nearly 12,500 entries in all categories. In the category of Alternative Story Presentation, Estela snagged third place.


“Tis is a shock because I didn’t even know I got entered,” Estela exclaims.


Campbell admits she was the one who submitted Estela’s piece to the competition.


“When they are working just here in Tigerville, it’s like working in a vacuum: they don’t know how their work stacks up against others who are doing the same thing,” Campbell says.


Tat’s why Campbell submits her students’ work to competitions just like the Columbia Scholastic Press one every year, hoping the recognition they receive will spur them on.


“My professors and classmates at North Greenville provided that safe space where I could have fun and see where my mind took me,” Estela adds. “And it took me to space.”


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