Ariana discovered her interest in the field of book and paper conservation while working as an undergraduate in the conservation lab at UC Berkeley. Before coming to NBSS for the Bookbinding program, she took a brief detour in her career to work as a cake decorator in her hometown of Eureka, California. During her summers as a student, Ariana interned at Thornwillow Press in Newburgh, New York, and in the Haverford College conservation lab in Pennsylvania. She currently works as a bookbinder at Harcourt Bindery in Charlestown.