Growing up in Northwest Indiana, Carli grew to love drawing as a kid as she drew on everything and walls! After she graduated from high school she migrated five hours south to the University of Southern Indiana to study for a Bachelors in Graphic Design & Illustration and a minor in Marketing.
Carli loves to work with watercolors and has a passion for the colors orange & blue as they are in a staple in her illustrations. She has a small 10 year old terrier mix dog named Daisy, that was rescued in 2019, and is seen in her illustrations as inspiration and motivation to achieve her dreams of becoming a children’s book illustrator.