Cristina Byvik grew up in the Republic of Panama and earned a BFA in illustration from Florida’s Ringling College of Art and Design. Today she is an award-winning illustrator and designer who has worked with the Washington Post, Vox, and The Old Globe Theatre. Most recently, she served as the graphics director at the San Diego Union-Tribune. Her illustrations, designs, and information graphics have received recognition from the Society for News Design, the National Headliner Awards, and the PRINT Regional Design awards. A lifelong fútbol fan, she lives in Encinitas with her husband, son, and golden retriever.

Chloe Hubler has been a designer in Kansas City, Missouri, for six years. She currently works as a senior designer at VML and in her spare time she works on freelance projects that include brand identity, typography, font design, and illustration. She has worked with Facebook, Microsoft, Intel, and Coca-Cola. When she’s not designing, you can find Chloe reading, working on home renovations, or training for a marathon.

Mickt Flior hails from Rio de Janeiro, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in digital design from PUC-Rio. She moved to the United States and studied for her master’s degree in graphic design and user experience design at North Carolina State University. She later spent a year studying traditional illustration methods and graphic design at the Savannah College for Art & Design in Georgia. Now a full-time freelance designer in the USA, Mickt’s work is focused on advertising, design, and publishing. She loves creating visually striking projects that merge design with illustration. In 2023 she was selected for the Association of Illustrators (AOI) mentorship scheme and was a winner at The Design Kids Awards in 2024. She has collaborated with clients including Shein, Walmart, and Adobe.

Corinne Smith, who goes by Critty Smitty, is an Oakland-based Black, Queer, multimedia artist exploring the cultivation of joy and embodiment amidst sadness, grief, loss, and the mysteries of inherent (un)knowing. Her first solo exhibition “Silene Capensis” is currently on show at San Francisco’s Museum of the African Diaspora, where she is an awardee of their emerging artists program. The exhibition includes her work “Lilit and Isis + Nephthys Reunite in the Astral Garden,” which focuses on dream symbolism and spiritual messaging. Working with the decolonized herbalist and curandera Atava Garcia Swiecicki, founder of the Ancestral Apothecary School, Critty Smitty practices dream reentry, lucid dreaming, and journeying to excavate imagery, connect with her ancestry, and understand messaging received in the subconscious realm. You can also catch a glimpse of Critty Smitty’s work throughout the Bay Area, as community/public arts are a large part of her practice. Her murals and zines celebrate and explore color, shape, joy, and intersecting identities. You can find her at crittysmitty.com.

Carolina “Caro” Lopez Corominas is a 2D motion designer and illustrator based in Chicago. She grew up in the perpetual summer of the Dominican Republic, where she developed an interest in fine arts and design. To this day, her work is deeply influenced by the culture and colors of the Caribbean. After earning a bachelor’s degree in advertising, Caro moved to the United States to pursue an MFA in visual communication design at the Rochester Institute of Technology, before starting to explore her passion for motion graphics. Today, Caro has engaged with clients including Hulu, Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, Netflix, Max, and others.