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Maurice Woods graduated with honors from the University of Washington with a BFA and MFA in Visual Communication Design. He played basketball as an undergraduate and professionally worldwide for 7 years after graduation while pursuing a parallel career as a freelance designer. In 2003, Maurice returned to the University of Washington as a graduate student, teaming up with the UW Graduate Opportunities and Minority Achievement Program (GOMAP) and the Visual Communication department to bring his design skills to the community, developing the Inneract Project, a program to teach inner-city youth and the community about the power of graphic design. In 2003 and 2004 Maurice received the GOMAP Presidential Scholar Award, and in 2005 received the University of Washington School of Art Director’ s Award, which honors work by a student who demonstrated excellence in academics, community service, and other creative endeavors. His work has been exhibited at the African American Historical & Cultural Society Museum in San Francisco.

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