CJ first got hooked on typography and typeface design while studying with Ed Benguiat at The School of Visual Arts in New York. He later completed a Post-graduate Certificate in typeface design from The Cooper Union. He started working for Font Bureau in 2013 and in 2016 he launched his own foundry, CJ Type. He has taught typography at Kala Art Institue, lectured at Idyllwild Arts Academy and presented at Association Typographique International (ATypI) in Warsaw, Poland.