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About Us

Mine to Finger CAD Academy (MTFCA) is a place to learn, thrive and grow in jewelry knowledge and experience.

Our facility is a perfect start on your journey to a career in jewelry, or as a learning tool to enhance your current jewelry offerings for business and clients. Our doors are open to students of all skill levels and we are dedicated to their success. We mentor, challenge and encourage students to be successful, profitable jewelers by preparing them to think independently and pro-actively. We provide personalized attention, hands-on learning and in person demonstrations by expert instructors to ensure concepts and techniques are correctly understood. We assist students with career skills, resume building and job placement for gainful employment.

MTFCA creates a healthy, friendly and positive learning environment, while also challenging students to achieve skill levels they never knew possible. We continually invest in the best technology with innovative teaching methods, including high definition video of live demonstrations on large screens with magnification, allowing us to create an interactive, user-friendly and hands-on environment to educate and inspire students. We provide a serious, intensive curriculum, and we also have fun. To do this, we value the safety and security of our students, and do not tolerate intoxication or drugs of any kind on our campus.

Kerrian Gayle

Kerriann Gayle is a women’s bridal & evening-wear garment designer, fashion illustrator and design consultant who focuses on providing high quality and practical designs for her clients and retailers. She has 10 years of computer- aided design experience and 7 years of technical design creative experience. Following her time at Howard University, she relocated back to NYC to explore her design pursuits in luxury retail design inclusive of garments and jewelry. This led her to a career with Tiffany & Co. where she received exposure to corporate merchandising. During her five years at Tiffany’s, Kerri obtained a masters of design from Parsons, received honorable mention in their digital publication in several accredited fashion and design publications. Kerri is skilled in trend analysis, fashion illustration, color theory, CAD, and design strategy. Having a diverse work background has allowed her the opportunity to maintain a colorful network filled with unique perspectives and an analytical approach to design with an eye for luxury and fine detail.

ESMOND PASCAL

Master Bench Jeweller

KEVIN HANNAH

Master Engraver

DAN MOIJUEH

Originally from Sierra Leone, President and Founder of Moijey Fine Jewelry & Diamonds, Daniel Moijueh, Jr., has enjoyed the advantage of a multi-cultural upbringing and extensive travel throughout Europe, Africa and the United States. Dan is an Iraq war veteran and a graduate of the American Institute of Diamond Cutting. Apart from this, Dan also holds a Master of Business Administration, from the University of Maryland.

This Iraq War veteran’s various travel encounters, as well as his continued service in the U.S. Army Reserves, have instilled in him the core values of and rewards had from hard work, determination and integrity.

Daniel has been providing diamond consulting since 2009 to customers all around the world. He is one of the first Sierra Leonean-born diamond jewelers in America and he travels to Sierra Leone to not only advance the buying experience for customers wearing jewelry/diamonds in the Americas, but also to improve the land of his birth through giving back via the two most important sectors: education and health care.

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