Andrea Pippins is a visual storyteller who creates images that empower people, especially women and girls, to nurture their creativity and themselves through artistic expression and wellness practices. She is the author-illustrator of five books, including The Spark in You, Who Will You Be, and I Love My Hair, and the illustrator of many more, including the bestselling Young, Gifted, and Black series with Jamia Wilson, Elizabeth Acevedo’s Inheritance, and Faith Ringgold from The Met’s What the Artist Saw series. Andrea has designed promotional social media graphics for HBO’s Tina Turner documentary; illustrated a national Kwanzaa stamp for the United States Postal Service; and worked on projects for Lincoln Center, the Malala Fund, Instagram, Apple, National Geographic, and many more.
