It's always been my dream to make books.

When I was in grade school, I would create a book after learning new material. This was my way of verifying that I had retained what was being taught. 

Since 1999, I have had a desire to illustrate children's books. While studying at Parsons School of Design, I interned with children's illustrator and author, Paulette Bogan, as her assistant illustrator for two years. When I began traveling the world, my book ideas took more of a cultural preservation and humanitarian perspective. Some ideas fulfilled childhood fantasies about extreme surfing or exotic explorations to places like the Galapagos Islands. 

After having a child, I have learned just how important children's books can be in the life of a child's development and how their purpose evolves from a teether, to visual representation, and then to words and spelling. I am very excited to be embarking on this journey to publishing again with all of you. Here we go!