Karyn Raz graduated from Brown University and the illustration program at Art Center College of Design, and is currently completing her masters in Studio Art Practice for Art Educators at Teacher’s College, Columbia University. Her drawings and paintings have been commissioned by clients such as the Village Voice and Hadassah Magazine, and recognized by the Society of Illustrators New York and Society of Illustrators Los Angeles and the Society of Children’s Book Writer’s and Illustrators. Raz makes and teaches art in Los Angeles.