Avery Tomlin Ricondo is Making Waves Foundation’s Marketing Intern. In this role, he gets to work with the updated branding guide and create marketing resources and stories to express the foundation’s desire for education for all. As a first-generation college student and Wave-Maker, Avery is in his third year at UC Davis where he is studying design with an emphasis in graphic and fashion design. Avery finds the most meaningful part about joining the Making Waves Foundation team, as a Wave-Maker, is that it supports his dream in creating graphics and working with design on the professional level. Understanding the importance of design in communicating a message, Avery likes most that his design work can reach someone and change their outlook on college and their future.