María was born in Colombia and grew up feeding her imagination with stories and landscapes that she treasured in her drawings.

 

In 2015 she received a Master of Fine Arts in Illustration from the Academy of Art University, in San Francisco,CA. and since then she´s been carving her path towards a successful career by working as a freelance illustrator with clients that include Starbucks, Twitter, Pan American Development Foundation, The Flavour Nation Dubai, as well as other organizations. 

 

As an entrepreneur, she has been developing and managing her brand for baby/toddler apparel while combining two of her passions: Illustration and

Children´s literature.

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She also works full time, as a visual coordinator, on the visual merchandising team at Pottery Barn Teen, from Williams Sonoma.  

Maria currently resides in California, with her Illustrator husband and the  main character of her illustrations, her son.