My name is Illyana Balde, I am currently a junior at Skyline Highschool in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I have a strong passion for art and design and I hope to make a career out of it. I've had my art published in a book, and I have contributed a lot of my talent to the Visual Arts Council (VAC) at The Neutral Zone in Ann Arbor. I love making characters and cartoons, but I also love to do photography, textiles, knitting, painting, and graphic design. Besides art I love to write and sing in my free time. And I hope to go to college and get a degree in visual arts.