Lynnor Bontigao

Lynnor grew up in the Philippines and stapled her first picture books together at the age of ten. She has a BFA in Fine Arts, majored in Advertising, and worked at a major financial firm in Wall Street for fifteen years. When she moved to America, everything felt big and unknown. 

Joining a children’s book illustrator group helped her feel she was in the right place. She focused on drawing again, and as a voice from an underrepresented group, she wants to share her own stories. Her goal is for kids to say, “This character looks like me," or "This place looks like my home," or "I eat that food, too.”