After two (very) long years of hiatus, we're so happy that CERTIFIED 2022 will be back as an in-person event! For many of us, it's been a while since we've been able to attend an in-person conference. We wanted to give everyone a refresher on what you can expect at our annual CERTIFIED Educator Conference.

For this episode, we sat down with Tommy Demos and Eric Cornish, two of our esteemed CERTIFIED alumni. Eric Cornish is a full-time design Professor based in Miami, Florida. Professor Cornish is an active design professional and educator for nearly 20 years. He is also an Adobe Education Leader (AEL) and Adobe Digital Design Specialist. He truly believes that "Creativity is not exclusive; it is a fundamental human activity."

Professor Tommy Demos is a full-time, tenured Professor of Film, Television & Digital Production in the School of Entertainment & Design Technology at Miami Dade College (MDC) in Miami, FL. Since 2011, he has taught over 130 sections of college-level courses in video editing, motion graphics, and animation and is currently pursuing a PhD in Leadership Studies with a concentration in Information Systems.

We discussed their memories from our last CERTIFIED Conference in 2019, how CERTIFIED impacted them and their students, and how educators can find funding to attend this, and any other, professional development conference. If you're on the fence about attending CERTIFIED, then this episode is for you.

You can read more about, and register for, CERTIFIED here: https://certified.certiport.com/.

If you're interested in learning more about Tommy and Eric's work at Miami-Dade, check out their full success story here: https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/Blog/2020/May/Miami-Dade-College-Unleashes-the-Power-of-Adobe.